How to repair Media Center files and registry entries on Windows Vista and Windows 7

re: How to repair Media Center files and registry entries on Windows Vista and Windows 7

APP — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:24:11 GMT

Thanks to posting by N4cer I managed to fix the problems as well.

Once I deleted the Recordings.xml file everything worked fine.

THANK YOU THANK YOU

p.s. The sfc /scannow did not give me any leads as it did not report any problems as well.

re: How to repair Media Center files and registry entries on Windows Vista and Windows 7

Aaron Stebner — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:03:42 GMT

Hi Kathygo - I haven't run into this particular issue in the past, so I'm not sure what you will need to do to fix it. I'd suggest posting a question on the forums at experts.windows.com/.../default.aspx and hopefully someone there will be able to provide some suggestions for you to try.

re: How to repair Media Center files and registry entries on Windows Vista and Windows 7

Kathygo — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:04:17 GMT

My PC came with Vista. Then I converted to Windows 7. Since then, whenever I reboot, Media Center forgets my tv setup and I have to redo it all again. My system says I have the latest driver so I'm stumped. Any ideas?

re: How to repair Media Center files and registry entries on Windows Vista and Windows 7

Stig — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:43:05 GMT

If your Windows Media Center Program crashes at start every time without opening:

Step 1. Close Windows Media Center and all related processes.

Step 2. Navigate to the "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft" folder. (careful in here!!)

Step 3. Rename the "ehome" folder to "(backup)ehome"

Step 4. Navigate to the "C:\Windows" folder. (careful in here!!)

Step 5. Rename the "ehome" folder to "(backup)ehome"

Step 6. Run Windows Media Center

This fixed mine, hope it fixes yours!

re: How to repair Media Center files and registry entries on Windows Vista and Windows 7

Aaron Stebner — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:33:20 GMT

Hi Jaypee - If the steps that are listed above in this blog post don't help, then the only other way I know of to repair Windows Media Center components is to repair/re-install Windows.

re: How to repair Media Center files and registry entries on Windows Vista and Windows 7

jaypee — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:49:17 GMT

my wmc doesnt work..pop up message keeps on popping whenever i start using wmc...( a necessary component of the windows media center did not start properly. restart windows media center)--this is the error code...

please help me with this..thanks..

re: How to repair Media Center files and registry entries on Windows Vista and Windows 7

Softgil — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:25:35 GMT

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re: How to repair Media Center files and registry entries on Windows Vista and Windows 7

Aaron Stebner — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:44:06 GMT

Hi Toufail - I'm sorry, but I haven't worked on Windows Media Center since the Windows Vista release. I'm not sure what to suggest in this scenario other than to check for updated drivers for your video and TV tuner cards.

If updating drivers doesn't help, I'd suggest posting a question about this scenario on one of the following forums to see if someone there can provide any other suggestions for you to try:

www.microsoft.com/.../reader.mspx

thegreenbutton.com/.../ShowForum.aspx

re: How to repair Media Center files and registry entries on Windows Vista and Windows 7

Toufail — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:32:44 GMT

Hi i am having a problem with WMC i i have been using it for quite a while now never had any problems, but since yesterday i am having a problem which is that when i click on live TV it runs because i can hear the sound but no picture is on the screen same thing is happening with my recoded program i can only hear the sound but no pic, do you know what could be the problem and what is the fix, BTW i have windows 7 ultimate service pack 1

thank you in advance

re: How to repair Media Center files and registry entries on Windows Vista and Windows 7

Rich — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:08:56 GMT

Deleting Recordings.xml worked for me too!

Accessing the Guide, Recorded TV or Scheduled Recordings all just hung giving me the "Component Registration" error, on Vista Home Premium. It started completely out of the blue about a week ago.

I tried unregistering and re-registering everything, I ran sfc (and it said there was a file - TCP.ini couldn't be repaired, but said it had repaired a few other things - nothing.

Then I saw this comment about Recordings.xml. I backed up the three files in that folder (.xml, .xml.bak and .xml.side - last one was 0kb) and then deleted the .xml one and copied the .xml.bak one in its place and presto! Media Center now works again and all my recordings and scheduled items are there! Hooray! Thanks n4cer! Note also that after doing this the .side one has now vanished.