Unable To Start Windows Media Centre
Jun 24, 2008
I am running Window Vista Home Premium SP1 and have been unable to start WMC using the remote control, shortcuts or by running the ehshell.exe both normally and as administrator. When I try to start WMC using any of the above it looks like the programme trys to start (blue circle appears for a few seconds) then nothing happens.
The last time I tried to open MCE I recieved the following error message: - C:WINDOWSehomeehshell.exe "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item." Every few days after restarting the PC an icon appears on the system tray informing me that WMC is downloading guide information from the net for the TV channel listing. When I right click on the icon and select open WMC I get the following error message: - "Unable to start Windows Media Centre"
I have tried setting up a new shortcut, uninstalled and reinstalled SP1 and have installed the latest driver for my video card NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS driver 7.15.11.7490 and have still been unable to resolve the problem. I have searched the net and Microsoft support and have been unable to find a solution
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Aug 13, 2008
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Solution
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How to get Windows Media Centre to play MKV files on x32 & x64 systems.
How to get MKV files to play on Windows Media Centre on x32 & x64 systems.
1st Open up a notepad!
2nd Copy the text below that is between the lines and paste into the notepad:-
_____________________________________________________________________________
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.mkv]
"PerceivedType"="video"
"Content Type"="video/mkv"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftMultimediaWMPlayerExtensions.mkv]
"Runtime"=dword:00000007
"Permissions"=dword:0000000f
"UserApprovedOwning"="yes"
_____________________________________________________________________________
3rd Then save notepad as MKV to documents folder.
4th Then double-click on it to activate the device.
at this point you should be able to watch AVI and MKV files on your WMC
There you go!
All tried & trusted.
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Oct 31, 2008
I have had a few dramas, have had a factory reset, warranty issues you name it. have loaded all back in again, have had some Malware issues, all has been solved. Finally I think my computer is working properly again, happy days.Wanted to whack on some random tunes from Media Centre and found that it no longer exists on computer. I have looked at Microsoft site and can't sem to find a download for Windows Vista Media Player.
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Jul 7, 2008
When running media centre and listening to music there an option to run a slideshow. How can i control where it gets it's pictures from? I'm tired of looking at various buttons and banners from assorted software apps, visited websites etc and maps of europe from my tomtom backup. I tried changing the stetting in the Library option to no avail - even with no directories set to watch, it still pulls in picture files from random locations - is there any way of controlling where media centre gets it's pictures from. I have a single directory with all my photos - how can i get it just to use this directory?
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Mar 23, 2008
When I try to access Media Centre's online section I get the message that i need an internet connection. I have anup to 8Mb broadband connection which gets used every day with no problem by IE7, Outlook and several other packages with no problem. I have tried switching off Virus checkers, firewall and spyware checkers but this makes no difference.
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Mar 30, 2008
I have an 10/100 wired connection through a linksys router to an XBOX 360 and am running Windows Vista Home Premium SP1. I've had ZERO succuss in playing MCE content - ie MP3s and viewing JPGs - on the XBox.
The Media Center menus on the Xbox are intolerably slow, taking 5-30 seconds to respond. Eventually if I have the patience to wait until the XBOX Media center accesses the files located on the Vista machine it takes upwards of 2 minutes just to load one jpg. When I run the tune network tool in WMC I get a message saying that:
"Your network may not have enough bandwidth for consistent performance on your extender device."
When I view the performance graph in the tool my bandwith barely registers on the graph.
Other things I have tried to no avail:
- turned off all firewalls
- unitstalled anti-virus software
- port forwarded the following ports in the router, TCP2869, TCP10243,
UDP1900, UDP10280 to UDP10284
- played with the flow control settings
- tried selecting all possible "speed & duplex" settings
Support from Microsoft sucks:mad:. The XBox people have pawned me off on the Vista support people. I wouldn't let the Vista support people hand me back to the XBox people...although they tried pretty hard. The Vista support people are saying they need to recreate the problem in their lab and get back to me.
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Mar 22, 2009
I have had this new HP vista media centre computer for 2 weeks, and can't get Media Centre to play 1/2 the 500 gb worth of movies that my old XP media Centre played without any trouble at all! Some are MPEG-4, others are div-x, some are Dvd format. I have seen others with similar posts in other forums and I have loaded up all the lates codecs (safe one) from Divx, and ffdshow etc... I have to play all my movies with Nero or Media Player, which both have no issues with. I feel like this is a dud, and can't believe that a full hard recovery is worth the trouble.
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Oct 29, 2008
Originally my intention was to go the whole nine yards with WMC, ie, the dual digital TV tuners/PVR thing etc etc. However, I ended up getting a deal on a Sky+ box, so, long story short, I really just use it to play music and movies. I don't have an extensive picture library and so on, so I just get it to watch the Music and Movie directories. All the others have been removed from the watch-list and now I would like these other folders to die with dignity as far as the main interface is concerned. I don't want to have to go up (to Pictures) then across to Videos. I know this may seem as if I would be interested in hiring someone to do my breathing for me, and maybe I won't lose any sleep over it, but I would like to slim down the primary interface if it can be done.
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Apr 6, 2008
I've used Windows all the way from Windows 95 up to the latest incarnation, none of the previous versions have been so buggy, unreliable or slow as Vista. I have a brand new PC with 2 gigs of ram and Vista is just out of its depth. Start up takes for ever, it often hangs on shut down, Explorer is constantly re starting, media centre is slow and crashes, side bar is constantly crashing, blocked start up programmes keep restarting even though they've been blocked, the latest problem, after a windows update, my Vista ready printer is now incompatible, the printer support know its a problem and they're rushing to update their drivers. Each time Windows updates I lose my optical drive and have to alter the registry, a known problem with half a fix. System restore won't restore, just like the problem they had in ME.
The people I bought the PC from, a big well known company, said yes they know the issues and are as frustrated as it customers. All in all its a disgrace and I feel I have been taken as a mug by Bill Gates, now to add insult to injury Gates is talking about the next new OS with in the next year or two, as things stand now a PC with a Windows OS is just going to b a liability to any one buying one, the future to me looks PC free. For the record I'm not a Linux freak, I've been down that road, its as bad as the rocky Microsoft road.
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Jul 19, 2008
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Feb 6, 2009
I've been lurking in this and other MS groups for some time hoping to find the answer to my problem, but so far, nothing has worked. Using Vista64 with 4g ram, with latest version of Windows Mail. McAfee Security Center. Latest versions of Windows Media Player and Real Player. Have scanned and found no virus or spyware (using McAfee). Problem: Often, but not always, attached .wmv files received in email will start in Windows Media Player, or in Real Player if I chose that one. In both programs the .wmv file will start with audio and video. About 1/4 into the movie, it stops playing completely. Screen goes black with a message imposed "Play Again>". No other error message.
This has been going on for a few months and it _seems_ like it was around the time that comcast changed its email program. I did notice that wmv's coming from comcast emailers would almost always behave as described, but now I notice that it also comes (seldom) from other ISPs. I have tried saving the files in a folder and then opening them by double clicking them in Explorer, but it makes no difference. I've also tried opening them directly from WMP with same results. I've updated my video driver (Nvidea), still no joy. I have been able to google the various .wav files and download and play them completely but of course I'm not sure where the emailed file originated online.
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Oct 1, 2009
So it's like this, when i click any WMP application it won't start. I have read threads bout this problem, hoping it would solve my problem too. I tried searching the "wmplayer.exe" or w7e it is on the search bar, on the start menu. when i have found it, i clicked it and it gives me the same result as clicking the WMP application. also, i have tried opening up task manager, and see if there's the "wmplayer.exe" or w7e on the processes, but it isn't there.
so i opened up the file location of the WMP, and i tried to click on the wmp setup.. *feeling like a computer technician*. then this message appeared. There is a more recent player of Windows Media Player (11.0.60002.18065) already installed in your computer. It is not possible to use an older installation package (11.0.60001.7000) to install files or to repair your current version of the Player"
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Jun 25, 2008
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Messing around with Vista trying to figure out some of the features available to me, I played a bit with Media Center. A number of activities comes up with an error message: Invalid Application Unable to launch "" In particular, this happens for Internet TV and Online Media Learn How. A few others I don't recall also does this. Any ideas? Doesn't seem to have much in the way of settings or options that I can or should tweak. Perhaps if there was a way to uninstall and reinstall it, but I suspect it is tightly integrated with the OS. I searched the MS support, but came up empty. Since I see that Media Center is taking an even bigger role in Windows 7, I'd like to figure this out.
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Mar 23, 2008
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Jan 19, 2009
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MCE: Xbox 360 Elite Edition
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I find a media file (video file, for example) and double click it, the Media Player doesn't start at all...
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All media files play normally on other players. I have to state that sometimes I get the message: "The file.... The parameter is incorrect".
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Dec 31, 2008
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Mar 8, 2009
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May 17, 2010
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