When I play Age of Empires I or II I get flashing coloured lines across the screen and after a short time the AOE screen disappears and is replaced by a black rectangle in the top left of the screen. I can return to the game by clicking the Windows button on the screen but the problem returns very quickly. I have run Smart Defrag, Glary Registry Repair, Advanced System Care, Glary Utilities and Windows Defragmenter and found that the problem is fixed for a period of time which varies from an hour to a week. This morning I have been running each of the aforementioned programs and checking AOE as each completes. So far I've had no luck, though Windows Defragmenter is still going.
This problem has only arisen in the last couple of months. Could it be that DirectX 11 has been installed by Windows Update and is not fully compatible with the rather old AOE? Should I uninstall DirectX 11 and install DirectX 10?
This problem has only arisen in the last couple of months. Could it be that DirectX 11 has been installed by Windows Update and is not fully compatible with the rather old AOE? Should I uninstall DirectX 11 and install DirectX 10?