#Windows 10 can't install direct play windows 10
(And I hardly use Windows 10 - I've mostly abandoned it for Linux.) I think you made the right choice between CM 9000 and CM 10. If this was important to me, I'd keep beating my head against the wall, but I've already got it running just fine in Windows 7. NB: you must be signed in as an administrator to be able to turn it on. It can however be enabled if you need it. I've also tried every compatibility setting I can think of - nothing works. DirectPlay is a deprecated feature, which is why its not included in Windows 10 by default. I've tried everything I can think of: DirectPlay, no DirectPlay, trying to install DirectX 9.0 during the CM install (doesn't work, it just says a newer version of DirectX is already installed, which is ver 12 in my case). So it looks like something is wonky with the video. Hello, for everyone who had game crashes after a new installation of gp4 on Windows 10.i wrote a mini-tutorial: 1) Install Web Installer DirectX End-User Runtime 2) Browse in to 'Control Panel/Programs/Turn On-Off Windows Features/Legacy Components/Direct Play and check the box 3) Install Grand Prix 4 in other path (no default > C:Program Files (x86) or (圆4)).
The strange thing is, the links inside the black window are active, if you can find them. I get the initial splash screen and video, but when the main window comes up (the one showing the various choices like Training, Tournaments, etc.), it's just a black window. This isn’t the 1990s or early 2000s so you don’t actually need to install any other DirectX component. The last DX version which was offered as a redistributable package was version 9.0c. Well, I give up - I just can't get CM 10 installed on Win 10. Answer (1 of 5): DirectX 10, 11 and 12 are core components of Windows 10. If you don't want to use the original CDs for the periodic CD checks, you could burn copies of the CDs, then use the copies for the CD checks.
#Windows 10 can't install direct play Patch
Ultimately, my Rube Goldberg solution to this problem was to install CM 9000 on my Windows 2000 machine, apply the official patches and the unofficial "no CD" patch to my Windows 2000 machine, THEN manually copy the patched Chessmaster executable file from my Windows 2000 machine to my Windows 7 machine. Even this unofficial patch wouldn't work on my Windows 7 machine. (One of the Chessmaster 10 official patches removes the CD-check requirement, but not so for Chessmaster 9000.) As far as I know, to get around this CM 9000 requirement, you'd have to apply an unofficial "no CD" patch. If I remember correctly, even if you apply the three patches, the program will still periodically require insertion of the CD (after 14 days, or on the 20th use, whichever comes first). There are three patches, and if I remember correctly, they should be applied in order. In case you're interested in the CM 9000 patches, here's an archived link to the official Ubisoft CM 9000 patches.