Can't find d3dcompiler_43.dll for DirectX programming

c++ windows-8 visual-studio-2012 directx windows-runtime
Vaccano picture Vaccano · Nov 24, 2012 · Viewed 19.4k times · Source

I am trying to learn DirectX Programming. But I have hit a snag.

I seem to be missing this file: d3dcompiler_43.dll

I have installed (in this order):

  1. Visual Studio 2012
  2. Windows 8
  3. Windows Phone 8 SDK
  4. Windows 8 SDK

I figured I need a DirectX SDK, but this link says I do not:

Starting with Windows 8, the DirectX SDK is included as part of the Windows SDK.

Should I just install the DirectX Distributable? I am worried that will give me the dll but I will be missing other things too...

Here is my exact error I am getting:

Unable to load DLL 'd3dcompiler_43.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)

Update: I ran dxdiag and it says I have DirectX 11 installed... Not sure why I can't make this work.

Answer

Vaccano picture Vaccano · Nov 24, 2012

I found the answer here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ee663275.aspx

It says:

Any project that uses run-time shader compilation must have D3DCOMPILER_46.DLL copied to the local executable path for the project. This DLL is available in this sub-directory of the Windows SDK installation under %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Windows Kits\8.0\Redist\D3D\arch where arch is x86 and x64.

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