hello, i am new here.....
I got a pretty urgent problem that needs to be solved...
I have a progam which needs to be installed first and runs from the disc..
When I tried to run it, i got this error saying the application is caused an error by DIRAPI.DLL....I dont know how to repair it. I have tried one more time in differnt window version, it still happens....what do i do...

Try this site http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/f...&threadId=6612

However, if you do a search on that dll, it will also show up as part of an adware program, so you might want to do a spyware scan.

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Thanks, but it doesn't work...

Near as I can tell from google, it's a file related to Macromedia Director software. And maybe Shockwave. How to fix it, I don't know.

What are you trying to install? What is the actual error message? What Windows version are you using? Does the software maker have anything on their website?

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it is a language disc, run from the disc while using....the error message is what i 've mentioned before....caused an error by dirapi.dll. i am using xp. the software is working fine in windows 2000. but doesnt work in xp, me.

I found this at MSKB: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302396. Maybe it's similar enough to your issue it can help.

Near as I can find on the 'net is that your program needs to use some Macromedia software to run animations or something. Look on the disc's directories for something dealing w/ Macromedia or one of their programs and try to install it. If you can do that, then try your program again and see if the error continues.

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Thanks ..I also found this article before...and i did everything mentioned in that article...T_T i even reinstalled the program...still not working...i looked every file in that disc, there is nothing about installation of flash or else mentioned in it..so...

Well, the only other thing I can think of is download the latest versions of Flash, Shockwave, etc. and see if that works. If not, then I would contact the disc maker and tell them it doesn't work. They may have a solution or replace the disc. I can't think of anything else at this point.

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