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10-19-2008
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| | How can I stop media center from loading in vista? I'm reposting the the thread below in case anyone else can offer some suggestion as to how I can stop media center from loading. Unfortunately, everything I've tried so far hasn't worked. Any other thoughts? Previous thread: Hi Mark, Per your suggestion, I went to software explorer and disabled the windows media center tray applet (ehtray.exe). For good measure I also went to services and disable four services with media center in the description. And I confirmed that load at startup was unchecked in media center's settings/general. Then I rebooted and media center still booted up! So, I went back to software explorer. I see that another copy of media center applet (ehtray.exe) had been somehow created shows as permitted. I'm guessing that somewhere there is a register or other setting that forces media center to be loaded. In addition, it is clear that the setting control in settings/general is not working. It's a bit of a mystery! Any next step suggestions? surfer100 "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:2AC4D22E-EA9D-40E6-9ABF-177CD73A776D@xxxxxx Quote: > There are several ways to start an app on windows startup. I suggest > looking at your Defender settings in the "Software Explorer" area, to > check that. You need to rightclick Windows Defender in All Programs and > click 'run as administrator' to gain access the the top level Software > Explorer (see Tools menu)features. > > -- > Please use the Communities guidelines when posting. > http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm > Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users. > Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP > https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson > > "surfer100" <surfer100@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:56067565-5427-4D8C-8523-B15EC185F529@xxxxxx Quote: >> I'm using Vista Home Premium on a Gateway laptop with all updates >> including >> Media Center's most recent ones. I would like to stop Windows Media >> Center >> from loading, since I don't use it at all. I've gone into Media Center's >> tasks/settings/general/startup and I unchecked the box which reads "start >> windows media center when windows starts." But Media Center keeps on a >> loading! Any hints about how I can get it to stop loading? Thanks! >> |
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10-19-2008
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| | Re: How can I stop media center from loading in vista? surfer100 wrote: Quote: >snip< > how I can stop media center from loading. snip< How to Disable (Uninstall and Remove) Windows Media Center in Vista http://tinyurl.com/35w33y or... http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...nter-in-vista/ -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk |
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10-19-2008
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| | Re: How can I stop media center from loading in vista? Thanks for your reply. I found a solution on another web forum that worked. Just renamed the "ehome" directory to "ehomeold" and media center no longer runs! Simple! "John Inzer" <oobie@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uyjn82kMJHA.3744@xxxxxx Quote: > surfer100 wrote: Quote: >>snip< >> how I can stop media center from loading. snip< > How to Disable (Uninstall and Remove) > Windows Media Center in Vista > http://tinyurl.com/35w33y > or... > http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...nter-in-vista/ > > -- > > John Inzer MS-MVP > Digital Media Experience > > Notice > This is not tech support > I am a volunteer > > Solutions that work for > me may not work for you > > Proceed at your own risk > |
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