What about archive.org

https://www.philscomputerlab.com/directx.html

95

Official
http://sdfox7.com/win95/DX80ENG.EXE

98FE

Official
https://web.archive.org/web/20200812094357/ht … 2006_redist.exe

98SE-ME

Official
DirectX 9.0c October 2006 is likely it.
https://www.creopard.de/download/detail/direc … -oct2006/59.htm

Unofficial
https://web.archive.org/web/20211104165007/ht … files/DX90C.EXE
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/141712-d3dx9-xx-stubs/

Also this: http://www.oldversion.com/windows/directx/
There used to be a great website that had a spreadsheet type layout with all the DX versions and which OS they supported but appears dead now.....

Do you have disc based games? They (almost?) always came with the directx version they need.

Magazine bundle discs like those came with PC World and PC Gamer also always included the most recent graphics card drivers and DirectX versions.

I usually get them from this 3dfx driver page: http://falconfly.3dfx.pl/directx.htm

mmx_91 wrote on 2024-06-23, 19:02:

I usually get them from this 3dfx driver page: http://falconfly.3dfx.pl/directx.htm

Wow thanks !! That is the link I was trying from my bookmark but it gave me an error, updated it 😁

added: if you want just the ENGLISH only DX8.1 for Win98/ME it can be downloaded from MS thru wayback:
webpage: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.as … &displaylang=en
file: http://web.archive.org/web/20040411032132/htt … -US/DX81eng.exe

the 8/2004 "redist" package of DX9.0c can be downloaded also, and lists Win98 and 98SE on the webpage:
web: http://web.archive.org/web/20040830012118/htt … &displaylang=en
the Download link works, if not here: http://web.archive.org/web/20040411032132/htt … -US/DX81eng.exe