Disable DirectDraw, but still have Direct3D?

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Published on 2012-06-25T14:43:31Z Indexed on 2012/06/25 15:18 UTC
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I have a Windows XP SP3 machine, with up-to-date patches. It has DirectX 9.0c, version number 4.09.00.0904.

Can I disable DirectDraw, but have Direct3D still active?

I read the Wikipedia articles about DirectDraw and Direct3D, but do not know if I understand them correctly:

That is, it contains many commands for 3D rendering; however, since version 8, Direct3D has superseded the old DirectDraw framework and also taken responsibility for the rendering of 2D graphics.

Does that mean DirectDraw is now a part of Direct3D? Because I cannot disable DirectDraw without disabling Direct3D, but it works the other way around.

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