extended Zoo Tycoon marine mania

We loaded the original Zoo Tycoon (who runs with Directx 8) wih no problem with Vista64.
We downloaded the disc Zoo Tycoon Expanded (Marine Mania).
Now we try to run it we receive error message "You must have Directx 8.0 or later version to run Zoo Tycoon" when we try to run it.
We tried several attempts to download DirectX (version 8.0 and later).
How can we get around this error?

aj359,
In considering this issue, I found an update available here.  You can see if this help update.  Also, I noticed that the original ZT was created before Vista.  Even if it shows compatible, you should click with the right button on the game .exe file and select this option to run in XP compatibility.  Try these things and let us know the results. Mike - Engineer Support Microsoft Answers
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