Maya 2011 Fails to Start - d3dx9_42.dll was not found...

You've succesfully installed Maya 2011 on your Windows operating system, but launching Maya fails with the following error:

"This application has failed to start because d3dx9_42.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."

 

You may noticed during the installation that the directX Runtime Update failed, or didn't happen at all. In order to update the DirectX libraries that Maya requires, I suggest running DXSETUP.EXE

You will find this file in the DirectX folder that was extracted along with the Maya 2011 installation files. 

Let's say you've downloaded and unpacked autodesk_maya_2011_sp1_win_32bit.exe on a workstation installed with Windows 32-bit XP, the default location of the file DXSETUP.exe would be:

C:/Autodesk/Maya2011_32-bit/support/DirectX

You may need to restart your workstation.

Owen

Comments

[Alberto Villanueva Jr.]

I think your d3dx9_42 is corrupted or not complete try my site to download d3dx9_42 its free, Thanks

[David Russell]

Saved me hours I am sure; no trolling through the Ocean of google me today.

[owen]

I think you'll find that this is a problem with the userPrefs file- did you copy your prefs across from a previous installation of Maya, as you are prompted to do when you first open a new install of Maya?

Anyway, please locate the /maya/2011/prefs/userPrefs.mel file and delete it (or if you're not convinced it's the culprit you could just rename it). Restart Maya, and a new userPrefs file will be created - more importantly you won't see those error messages.

Owen

[rod]

Hello,

I need help too. I have the exact same message as Roly... Do you have a solution please ?

Thanks a lot

Rod

Location : Paris

[RRS]

hello i need help on a similar issue!

Maya 2011 error Object ‘mainRenderMenu’ not found. //

when I start up Maya i get the following command window response:

// Error: file: /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/startup/layerEditor.mel line 4337: Could not find attribute named “defaultRenderLayer.precompTemplate” //
// mental ray for Maya 2011
// Mental ray for Maya: using startup file /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/maya.rayrc.
// mental ray for Maya: setup
// mental ray for Maya: initialize
// mental ray for Maya: using 1 license
// mental ray for Maya: register extensions
// mental ray Node Factory: loaded
// mental ray for Maya: successfully registered
// mental ray for Maya: loading startup file: /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/maya.rayrc
// parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/AdskShaderSDKWrappers.mi
// generating Maya nodes…
// parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/architectural.mi
// loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/architectural.dylib
// generating Maya nodes…
// parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/base.mi
// loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/base.dylib
// generating Maya nodes…
// parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/contour.mi
// loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/contour.dylib
// generating Maya nodes…
// parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/paint.mi
// loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/paint.dylib
// generating Maya nodes…
// parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/physics.mi
// loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/physics.dylib
// generating Maya nodes…
// parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/production.mi
// loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/production.dylib
// generating Maya nodes…
// parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/subsurface.mi
// loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/subsurface.dylib
// generating Maya nodes…
// parsing /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/include/surfaceSampler.mi
// loading /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/mentalray/lib/surfaceSampler.dylib
// generating Maya nodes…
updateRendererUI;
// Error: file: /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/others/mentalrayUI.mel line 1628: menu: Object ‘mainRenderMenu’ not found. //
// Error: file: /Applications/Autodesk/maya2011/Maya.app/Contents/scripts/others/addMenuItemSafe.mel line 63: menu: Object ‘mainRenderMenu’ not found. //
How do I fix this so that the program opens

Roly

Location: New York city