Crap! Civ IV's DirectX 9.0c problems (not the one everyone else is having)

[taoofjord]

The directx installation fails, saying that it can't copy a necessary file. I tried installing many different versions of direcx 9c (from microsoft.com and other video games CDs) but it all does the same thing now.

When I try to load Civ IV it says it can't find a certain DLL for direct x and nothing happens.

All my other games run fine though.... whats going on?

 

[Flak]

Are you sure you did a clean uninstallation of DirectX first? I would make absolutely certain that DirectX is completely off the system first.

 

[KenM]

I'm getting "A Cabinet File Necessary for Installtion Cannot be trusted message when Civ 4 tryed and installed Direct X 9c. But I already have DX 9c. Then when I try to load the game I get "a D3DX9_26.DLL was not found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem" And the game won't run. I uninstalled the game and reinstalled, but I get the same thing. Can anyone help??

 

[Civrules]

Check here for help:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=133190

 

[showa58taro]

I was wondering something about this fix. I am currently reinstalling Civ4 and the ActiveX controller all over again. Should I still download the dll file specified in this thread.

And, in a similar vein, should I still download the latest Firaxis patch (1.74) or is that what causes the problem?