I followed blindly. I navigated to C:\Windows\System32 and C:\Windows\SysWOW64 . I backed up the DLLs to a folder called "DONT_TOUCH." I copied the 32-bit xinput DLLs into System32 (yes, the 64-bit folder—it sounds wrong, but old games need this dance). I reinstalled VC++ 2013 x86 and x64 from Microsoft. Then I ran the DirectX web installer one more time.
Then—the thud of EA Sports’ intro. The drums. The crowd. fifa 15 0xc00007b error fix
A user named "LegacyGamer_99" wrote: "Stop reinstalling. Go to SysWOW64 and System32. Find all xinput1_1.dll to xinput1_4.dll . Copy the 32-bit versions from SysWOW64 into System32. Overwrite. Then install DirectX again. Then install Visual C++ 2013 both x86 and x64." I followed blindly