Method 1: Separate file download
Xinput1_3.dll is part of DirectX, so it is possible to get it in different ways, and the easiest way to do this is the usual download only to this library. For manual file installation, you need to download it and place it at the following address: C: \ Windows \ System32 if the OS is 32-bit, and if it is 64-bit, then in addition to this folder, additional DL will be copied to C: \ Windows \ syswow64.In the case when the operating system continues to give an error, you can try to register DLL. This is recommended to familiarize yourself with the installation information on the installation of DLL and its registration in the OS.
Method 2: Reinstalling DirectX
Winners of Windows 10, it is necessary to reinstall this system component in its own way, since in this family, the operating system is initially built-in, and it will not be possible to remove it. In order to correct non-working files and add new ones, follow separate instructions from the link below.
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To implement this method in Windows 7, you must first download the DIRECTX installation file.
- Run a web installer. Then, pre-agreed with the terms of the license, click on "Next".
- If you wish, remove a tick from the "Installing Bing Panel" and click "Next".
- Upon completion of the installation of clicking on "ready". On this process can be considered completed.
Method 3: Troubleshooting game
It is likely that the problems with the file are not in the operating system, but in the game itself. So, the installer itself can be "broken" - try to throw it to eliminate the likelihood of problems when it is booting from the server. If this is a pirate copy, it can also be non-working, because the authors of the repacks often allow errors when changing the code. Look for another assembly or purchase the licensed version of the program or the game. The modifications added to the application may also affect the previously operating software: remove it only, and if it did not bring the result, you will have to reinstall the main application.
In addition to all previous tips, we recommend looking into a quarantine built-in anti-virus and firewall or third-party software (depending on how use), and when it is detected xinput1_3.dll to scan it to "clean the online service or utility that does not require installation. Then the library can be transferred to where it should be, if necessary, registering it manually (see Method 1). And do not forget to add DLL myself or a folder with it to eliminate the anti-virus software so that it does not delete it when Windows is repeatedly scanning it.
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Online checking system, files and links to viruses
How to add an object to exclude antivirus / firewall
Before reinstalling the game, you can also disable antivirus and / or firewall to prevent possible file locking at the installation stage. If after this started the application was successful, add xinput1_3.dll or the folder with it to exception. How to do this - reference above.
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Disable antivirus
Disable firewall in Windows 10 / Windows 8 / Windows 7
Holders of licensed versions of games purchased through such trading platforms as Steam and Origin can try to run the built-in tool for checking the integrity of the game files, which in most cases replaces the classical reinstall.
Steam
- Open the "library", find a game there that does not start. Right-click on it and go to Properties.
- Switch to the Local Files tab.
- Here you need the "Check the integrity of the game files". Wait for the operation to be completed, which will display information about whether something has been fixed.
Origin.
- In the game client, go to the "library", find the problem game, click on the PCM on it and select Restore.
- Progress Track on the tile with the game or on the left pane.
- At the end will be displayed notice of the readiness of the game to launch.
Method 4: Scanning Windows files for integrity
A rare, but possible situation - damage to system files that affect DLL. This is especially true for Windows 10, where the directories, as already mentioned earlier, is a built-in component. It is very difficult to identify the cause in this case on its own, but you can use the OS console tool, which automatically scans and correct errors using the backup storage of important files for windows. If the scanner itself completes its work with errors, you will need to restore this most storage with another team, making sure the internet connection is available. On how to perform all these operations, we were told in a separate material universal for all Windows families.
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Last: Check the operating system for malicious software. It often blocks the work of various system components, and this may somehow reflect on xinput1_3.dll even without visible to the reasons.
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