Age of Empires 3- Possible Fixes against Crash

"The application has failed to start because d3dx9_25.dll was not found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem."
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The problem is directx 9.0b comes preinstalled with windows xp sp2 and there is no way that you can update directx 9.0b to directx 9.0c. To fix this these are possible solutions i propose you.

1. Try uninstalling WinXp sp2 and install previous versions of windows xp. Since previous versions comes with directx 8.x versions preinstalled, updating those versions to direct x9.0c would work fine. THIS WORKED FINE WITH ME.

2. Try uninstalling directx 9.0b using direct x uninstallers like DirectX Happy Uninstall (http://www.superfoxs.com/) or http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4347.html tools.

3. Inorder to fix this error, you have to download this file from http://www.m3fe.com/760/ and copy this to AOE3 folder.

IF YOU ARE DESPERATE TO MAKE THE GAME WORK UNINSTALL WINDOWS XP SP2.

Posted by: olddocks on 2005-11-27
AMD Athlon 2800 - 512MB DDR RAM - ATI Radeon 9200SE - Creative 4.1 Sound - Win XP SP2

AOE3 crashes with the message "missing d3dx9_25.dll" ?

just reinstall directx9 from the AOE3 CD and it will install the missing .dll file.

Posted by: AndyMutz on 2005-12-01
Athlon64 3900+, 2x1024MB DDR-RAM, X800XT-PE, SoundBlaster X-Fi, Windows 2000 Pro

Random crashes to deaktop

Updated everything from bios to all video and sound. Despite 4 case fans problem ended with replacing cpu heatsink with better one.

Posted by: bob on 2006-01-29
Pentium 4, 3.06 with hyperthreading 1 gb DDR ram win xp pro sp2

Game locks up computer when it trys to load the menu screen, i have the latest aoe3 patch installed

did not fix yet help

Posted by: ryn on 2006-03-26
intel pantium 4 1400 gig radeon pro 9600

after I clik on the game icone I get this popup error message :
Unknown field 'ShadowLod' in Block 'Static GameLOD'

I didn't yet

Posted by: alhakeem2001 on 2007-04-01
XP SP2 with momory 1G

d3dx9_25.dll

d3dx9_25.dll

Posted by: fsl on 2007-12-16
d3dx9_25.dll

Do you have any working solution about fixing a particular game crash? If so please