JSI Tip 8962. What is the DirectX Diagnostic Tool (Dxdiag.exe)?

Jerold Schulman

January 20, 2005

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Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 190900 contains the following description:

This article describes the DirectX Diagnostic Tool (Dxdiag.exe) included with Microsoft DirectX. The DirectX Diagnostic Tool is designed to help you troubleshoot DirectX-related issues. The default installation folder for Dxdiag.exe for Microsoft...



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