Right-click on dxcpl.exe and select Run as administrator. Without admin rights, the tool cannot force system-wide settings onto the game process.
PES 2016’s executable (PES2016.exe) is not always properly recognized by GPU driver profiles. Consequently, the game runs on the integrated Intel HD Graphics, resulting in: dxcpl pes 2016 link verified
If you use PES 2016 Smoke Patch or VirtuaRED, custom .dll files (like d3d9.dll for controllers) sometimes conflict with dxcpl. Navigate to your PES 2016 root folder and temporarily rename any d3d9.dll or dinput8.dll to .bak. Test if the game launches. If it does, you need an updated version of those mods. Right-click on dxcpl