It's a shame that MS won't at least bundle the latest DX 9 dlls with 7.. I don't see why not.
They want just use the newest always.
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No retro-compatibilty for dx10 and 11?
DX9 games work fine in DX10 and DX11. You just have to download the missing optional libraries, that is all.