DirectX 9 Runtime for Windows 10/11?

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Did you know there's an official DirectX 9 runtime package for Windows 10/11?
It's available on winget, but not listed on MS Store. This means you don't need to run the legacy offline installer.

winget install Microsoft.DirectX
 
I don't have time to investigate this yet, so I apologize for the question I can solve on my own, but inevitably someone else will ask anyway...Does this result in something that can be integrated directly into an NTLite image? If you don't want to dig too deep into it, I can do follow-up later in the week too, such as seeing if this package installs the same files as the legacy offline tool, and any other related questions.
 
After reviewing the files, every DLL is identical in version (except for one newer file). The obvious difference is they're all digitally signed Feb 2021, instead of the original Mar 2007 release date.

But the package is missing all the .NET assemblies, and it's not clear if this was intentional. What is the purpose of this package then? And why doesn't MS mention it anywhere? Is this an one-off special for a games publisher like DX12 for W7?
 
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After reviewing the files, every DLL is identical in version (except for one newer file). The obvious difference is they're all digitally signed Feb 2021, instead of the original Mar 2007 release date.

But the package is missing all the .NET assemblies, and it's not clear if this was intentional. What is the purpose of this package then? And why doesn't MS mention it anywhere? Is this an one-off special for a games publisher like DX12 for W7?
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Very interesting stuff Garlin. If I was the hazard a guess it was to be used as a repair for damaged directx files but keeping up with certification (maybe the old one ran out)

But what do I know I am just a pleb lol
 
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