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- URL: https://x.com/MattyMSS/status/1906824954542461022
- Author: Matty (@MattyMSS)
- Posted: 2025-03-31 21:44:30
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1/ @MattyMSS
@Jonathan_Blow
What do you mean in a non-findable way anymore ? Is it in a custom path instead of the classic System32 / SysWOW64 ?
2/ @Jonathan_Blow
@MattyMSS
I ran two different DirectX redistributable thingies and dsound.dll is still not installed as a system library anywhere that anyone can find, for some reason.
3/ @Jonathan_Blow
@MattyMSS
One of the installers is generating an error, and maybe this is causing everything to abort. I tried deleting most of the cabs and only installing stuff 2009 or later, but this didn’t have dsound I guess.
4/ @MattyMSS
@Jonathan_Blow
I’m mostly surprised because afaik it’s supposed to be bundled with Windows (albeit only the directX 9.0 version). I know that the runtimes overwrite it so it’s probably an installer error that either deleted it or edited its permissions while overwriting and it’s stuck in limbo
5/ @Jonathan_Blow
@MattyMSS
I am running a fresh install of Windows and it just does not seem to be there.
6/ @MattyMSS
@Jonathan_Blow
What is this command’s output ? It should show you the registration path
reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes /s /f dsound.dll
7/ @Jonathan_Blow
@MattyMSS
Okay you know what, it says it’s in system32, and it is. (I goofed and only searched in system).
As for why it can’t be found when I run stuff, hmmmm… maybe it is the thing where the DLL is found but it depends on DLLs that are not found.
8/ @MattyMSS
@Jonathan_Blow
Glad you found it ! It could be missing dependecies or that the dll isn’t properly registered. Do this and try again to make sure :
regsvr32 C:\Windows\System32\dsound.dll
Hit me up if it doesn’t work
9/ @Jonathan_Blow
@MattyMSS
As I thought…
10/ @MattyMSS
@Jonathan_Blow
Yeah it could be corrupted. You can grab one from another windows computer (or I can send you mine). You could also delete it and hope reinstalling will fix it
11/ @Jonathan_Blow
@MattyMSS
I’ll try just copying it when I get home, but I suspect it’s more like a problem with a dependency. I am just too lazy right now to download the sysinternals dependency viewer thing.
12/ @Jonathan_Blow
@MattyMSS
I tried copying it and now I have some access denied bullshit despite the fact that my account is supposed to have administrator permissions. Yay.
I am so ready to dump Windows, it’s just not funny.
13/ @Jonathan_Blow
@MattyMSS
Maybe “access denied” actually means “file in use” because Windows is stupid. I feel my will to deal with this leaving my body rapidly.
14/ @MattyMSS
@Jonathan_Blow
It’s a dll, it’s supposed to be used by multiple programs at once. Could it be that because you copied it the system perceives you as not the owner ? Try editing the file permissions. (Wait til you see some Windows kernel parts rewrite in rust that will 100% kill our brains soon)
15/ @Jonathan_Blow
I didn’t copy it. This is whatever the installer installed or whatever was on the system from initial Windows install last night.
Permissions for the file are grayed out, I can’t change anything.
Years ago I would have pursued this but after so many years of fucking bullshit that always gets worse, I am ready to give up and completely bail. I hate this. I am trying to get actual work done. I don’t know what Microsoft thinks they are doing.
16/ @MattyMSS
@Jonathan_Blow
You might try to use a mount on C through the recovery command line but at some point it’s not worth the hassle. I’m not familiar with XAudio2 (heck haven’t used DirectSound in a while) but that might be your best bet at the moment. Wish I could’ve been of more help though :(