All games directx error and more

[SiskoVFX]

Hi,

A few days ago I came back from the gym and started my pc back up to play a game and all of a sudden it gives me a directx error. I tried opening different games and none of them will open or work properly. Most of them give the same directx error. I'm pretty sure I didn't download or do anything with my pc at all, in fact I think I played a game that same day in the morning. Not just games but my pc in general has also been acting slow after this.

Things I've tried:
- restarting pc
- updating gpu drivers
- downgrading to older gpu driver
- tried to upgrade to latest directx version, told me that I already had the latest version
- downloaded a program to see drivers that need to be updated > none
- defragmanted C drive
- reinstalled windows (quick version where I keep all my data and apps)

PC specs:
windows 10 home 64 bit
intel core i5-8400 2.80ghz (6)
12gb ram
geforce gtx 1060 3gb

I'm at a complete loss as I don't know what could've been the action to initiate all these problems. Any suggestion would help a ton since I've already tried a lot of things I found on other forums and youtube videos, which none of them seemed to make things better.

 

[kerberos_20]

Try to run a System File Checker (SFC) scan to check for any file corruption. SFC scan will scan for corrupt system files on the computer and repair them.
Press Windows key + X, click Command Prompt (Admin).
In the Command Prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
sfc /scannow
If the issue still exists, try the next method.
<Win+X> and choose Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu; type in

C:\Windows\System32> dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

 

[SiskoVFX]

Try to run a System File Checker (SFC) scan to check for any file corruption. SFC scan will scan for corrupt system files on the computer and repair them.
Press Windows key + X, click Command Prompt (Admin).
In the Command Prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
sfc /scannow
If the issue still exists, try the next method.
<Win+X> and choose Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu; type in

C:\Windows\System32> dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

Tried this, tried DDU and downgrading to 3 random (but not too old) gpu drivers and tried updating every single driver and chipset that could be updated. Still no change whatsoever. Really didn't want it to come to this but I guess there's no other option than to completely reinstall windows and start from scratch..

EDIT: clean install did the trick.. I guess there must've been a corrupt file or program that was causing the problem.

 

[Peter Martin]

complete, CLEAN install of windows 10 should solve this mess

 

[george_abdullah]

Try to run a System File Checker (SFC) scan to check for any file corruption. SFC scan will scan for corrupt system files on the computer and repair them.
Press Windows key + X, click Command Prompt (Admin).
In the Command Prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
sfc /scannow
If the issue still exists, try the next method.
<Win+X> and choose Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu; type in

C:\Windows\System32> dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

Tried this, tried DDU and downgrading to 3 random (but not too old) gpu drivers and tried updating every single driver and chipset that could be updated. Still no change whatsoever. Really didn't want it to come to this but I guess there's no other option than to completely reinstall windows and start from scratch..

EDIT: clean install did the trick.. I guess there must've been a corrupt file or program that was causing the problem.

I think i have the same issue here, did you Reset windows 10 to factory settings or did you reinstall the OS (reformatt) from a CD?