Why can't I execute this installation?!

[Peter_20]

This DirectX crap is driving me insane!
I mean, I actually managed to find a link that you could save on a disc and install it later, but now I've got new problems, of course. :rolleyes2
This is how things have progressed:

1. I save a redist of DirectX onto a CD-R, and move it over to my own computer.
2. I extract it, or at least I think I do, and LOTS of folders with names such as "JUN2005_directx" or something come up.
3. One of them actually has a computer icon, and is called DXSETUP.
4. I click it. It starts downloading. Yay!
5. It STOPS downloading, because "it couldn't find a necessary file for installation".
6. I try putting the emulator and all the ROM:s on the computer, because they might be the "necessary files".
They are not.

Simple question:
what the hell is this "necessary file" thingy, anyway?
A Plug-In?
Some weird program?
HELP!

[Mirage]

Your emulator or ROMs are definitely not required files for DirectX. Also, it makes a difference where on your computer files are stored.

[Peter_20]

Your emulator or ROMs are definitely not required files for DirectX. Also, it makes a difference where on your computer files are stored.

The game files are stored on the desktop, and the DirectX files are stored on C:/, I think.

Well, what do I have to download in order to make it work?

[Mirage]

What version of DirectX is this, and what OS are you using?

[Peter_20]

What version of DirectX is this, and what OS are you using?

I think it is DirectX 8.0, and I'm trying to make it work on a Windows 98.

[Mirage]

Are you sure you actually extracted them, and not just ran the file from your "compressed file manager" (i.e. Winzip or Winrar.)?
Make sure you start the installation file from a folder on your hard disk. I don't think I can help you more than that, except by telling you to get Windows XP :p.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Did DirectX state what file was missing?

[Peter_20]

Did DirectX state what file was missing?

No, it didn't.