The workarounds involved to solve this error are very straight-forward and requires you to either download the DLL either directly or through Windows update. We will go through them one by one starting with the simplest one being the first.
Solution 1: Re-registering D3DCompiler_47.dll
If you are using a program which requires the DLL under discussion, normally it should automatically register the file for you. If the file isn’t present, it should have the capability to install it. If the application doesn’t have these features, we will try to manually register the file.
The first command will unregister the file and the second command will register it. Do note that this method will only work if you already have the DLL present in the required directory. If you don’t, these commands will throw an exception. In that case, move on to the second solution.
Solution 2: Downloading the DLL
There are two ways through which you can install the required DLL on your system. Either you can do this manually using this solution or automatically using the 3rd one. Both solutions will work but you will have to do the searching yourself on this one.
For a 64-bit computer, you should copy the D3DCompiler_47.dll (32-Bit) to the folder “C:\Windows\SYSWOW64”, and then paste the D3DCompiler_47.dll (64-Bit) to the folder “C:\Windows\System32”.
Solution 3: Installing Catalog Update KB4019990
Like we discussed above, Microsoft releases frequent updates targeting various problems or updating or adding modules to the existing components. The error “D3DCompiler_47.dll is missing” was noticed by Microsoft and it released an official update to fix the problem.
You should also make sure that you are running the latest version of Windows. Press Windows + S, type “update” and open the system settings. Check for updates and if there are any, install them. Note: You should also make sure that you have the latest version of Microsoft .NET framework.
Solution 4: Installing Microsoft DirectX
The module “D3DCompiler_47.dll” is known to be related with DirectX. DirectX is a collection of API’s meant for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially games. If you do not have the module installed already, you should add it to your system as soon as possible and see if this does the trick.
If you are still facing the error message, make sure that you performed all the steps and are using an administrator account.
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