dxwrapper is a system-level DLL proxy and compatibility layer for legacy DirectX games and applications on modern Windows (10/11). It intercepts calls to DirectDraw (1-7), Direct3D (7/8/9), DirectInput, DirectSound, and GDI, translating them to newer APIs (primarily Direct3D9) and applying numerous workarounds for rendering, input, and window management issues. The architecture is a hybrid of multiple integrated sub-projects: a core wrapper that loads real system DLLs and forwards exports while wrapping COM interfaces, plus three bundled versions of DDrawCompat (v0.2.0b, v0.2.1, v0.3.2) that hook at the user-mode display driver (D3dDdi) and GDI level. Key entry points include DllMain for each stub DLL (ddraw.dll, d3d8.dll, d3d9.dll, dsound.dll, dinput8.dll), the IClassFactory interception for COM object creation, and the configuration-driven Settings module. External dependencies include Microsoft Detours for function hooking, MemoryModule for loading DLLs from memory, and DirectXMath. The codebase is large and complex, with extensive use of COM proxy patterns, vtable hooking, and low-level Windows API patching.