Directx9 detect if installed

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I need to test if DirectX9 is intalled on a machine with C# code. Directx 10 and 11 are part of the OS but 9 must be user installed. I need it for multimedia display.
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Posted 15-Jan-13 0:17am

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Marco Bertschi · Answer 1 · 2013-01-15T00:24:00

As descripted on bytes.com (Clickety[^]) You can check for the Registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\DirectX.

To get the DirectX version read "Version" string in the same location. If the key does not exist - There is not DirectX installed at all.

cheers,
Marco Alessandro Bertschi