When I try to open BYOND Portable, the app doesn't open up. I went through the installation 3 times now. It still doesn't work.
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[Closed] BYOND Portable not opening
November 11, 2021 - 5:56pm
#1
[Closed] BYOND Portable not opening
November 22, 2021 - 7:02am
#2
Same here.
Same here.
I've made some tests on two different Windows 7 32 & 64-bit machines, no active antivirus and peerblock as active firewall. The process opens and closes immediately.
November 22, 2021 - 12:00pm
#3
Add This
Please try downloading this file and adding it to BYONDPortable\App\BYOND\bin:
November 23, 2021 - 5:25am
#4
Perfect
Wow, now i see its face (the software). Great Job. Tested on a Windows 64-bit machine.
November 23, 2021 - 11:56am
#5
Games working?
Could you let me know if games are working, too? I didn't get to test it as they don't work in my VM that doesn't have that DirectX version.
November 23, 2021 - 3:16pm
#6
Installing but not working
I've made some tests with a few games on a Windows 7 64-bit machine, no active antivirus/firewall.
Every time I try to run a game, a new instance of a process called dreamseeker.exe runs, but no running games.
After closing the app, the process BYONDportable.exe does not close, and when closing it manually, the dreamseeker.exe (several processes) does not close. And finally, when re-running the app, it says that it "did not close properly".
November 23, 2021 - 3:33pm
#7
Next Test
Ok, that helps. Next, please try downloading this ZIP and extracting it to that same folder: https://portableapps.com/downloads/temp/D3DTest1.zip
November 23, 2021 - 5:20pm
#8
Nothing new, same behavior!
Nothing new, same behavior!
November 23, 2021 - 5:52pm
#9
Older DirectX Required
BYOND now requires a specific older version of DirectX installed on the local machine: https://portableapps.com/apps/games/byond-portable#app-notes
November 23, 2021 - 6:30pm
#10
Confirmed
I've found (in my archives) an offline installer of the latest version of DirectX 9.0c (June 2010). The two tested games were working on a fresh installation of BYOND 
Thanks.
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