Finding the program turned out to be no problem. Be sure to download the latest version, 7.39, as of this writing, August 2011. I used this link ( http://www.geocities.jp/higuchuu4/pict/MikuMikuDanceE_v739.zip ) to download my copy, but as of 9/28/11 it does not seem to work. So I have added my own downloaded Zip file to my site for you to download:
http://learnmmd.com/MikuMikuDanceE_v739.zip
It is a 5mb download ZIP file. I SAVEd it to my Desktop. When you have it, open that zip folder and click the command “Extract All”. I just agreed to the defaults and found a new folder on my desktop containing MikuMikuDance … ready to run. I dropped the ZIP folder into the MMD folder just to keep it. There is no “installing” MMD. It sits in its folder on your desktop, ready to use. If you decide you don’t want to keep it, just drag the folder into the Recycle Bin … there is no “uninstall”.
10 November 2011, 3:21 am
i would like to know more about MMD and all the things you can do from it
10 November 2011, 2:32 pm
LeeKay, Click through these pages on LearnMMD.com, search YouTube for MMD to see videos, and finally … send me an email and ask me your questions; I will reply ASAP to help you find what you need.
reggiedentmore@aol.com
10 December 2011, 11:14 pm
Eeeeep, is it just me, becuz every time I go to open MMD, it won’t open saying a something is missing. I’ve reinstalled several tiems nowss…
Holy jebus, whry??
11 December 2011, 2:54 am
That missing thing … a DLL file ?? There is a fix if you are running Windows XP: Go to my DOWNLOADS PAGE and get the “Update to DirectX 9″. Download that and install it … and MMD will have what it needs.
Not XP? Check the downloads at http://www.microsoft.com for a DirectX 9 update for yor operating system. Or search for the name of the missing file that MMD is asking for.
Good luck! … let us know if this works!
One more thing … There is no “install” of MMD. It just sits in its folder on your desktop. You double-click the “mikumikudance.exe” icon or make yourself a shortcut-icon for your desktop.
17 January 2012, 7:14 pm
[...] English version (7.39, alternative link; some learning resources) [...]
11 March 2012, 11:54 pm
i downloaded MMD 7.39 but it wouldent let me open it what do i dooo
12 March 2012, 1:41 am
You may have the missing DLL file error. If so, you need to upgrade to DirectX 9. See the article about fixing this problem: http://learnmmd.com/http:/learnmmd.com/dealing-with-the-missing-dll-error/
07 April 2012, 5:48 am
I HAVE downloaded the new one and the direct x9 now im getting an error that sayscreatedevice fail i dont know what to do im kind of stuck the 1.2 version works but its really confuseing and i cant get other mmd characters besides miku on it the downloads that i have for the kingdom hearts ones wont work or upload i really want the new one but it wont work can you please help me thanks
07 April 2012, 9:54 pm
That is a problem that I have not seen before … but it seems to be a common problem in the Gamers world. Search Google for “failed to create device” to see a bunch of listings. I did not see a FIX for the problem … but you are not alone! I will keep looking …
03 May 2012, 2:05 am
hmm… this version dosent work on my laptop for some reason. it keeps saying “The program can’t start because d3dx9_32.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem” i feel like im getting trolled by this program
03 May 2012, 2:09 am
gah… forget my comment, i figured it out ._.;
03 May 2012, 2:33 am
So how did you figure it out? … What was it? Other newbies will want to know!
05 May 2012, 5:02 am
I contacted Kuryu. He said he needed to have DirectX 9 on his machine before MMD would run. Click the LearnMMD Step-by-Step link at the top of this page to find out how to get DirectX 9 for your XP machine.