Re: App launched using MCL file appears on XBox Extender but shouldn't. Why??

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Not from what I can find in the MCL files that are on my PC and the information from MSDN.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/MedctrSDK/htm/preventingaccesstoyourapplicationfromthemediacente.asp

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"John" <JohnDHamman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:u6ZcOx0VFHA.3532@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> We are installing an application on a Media Center PC and putting a shortcut
> to the main.mcl file in the "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
> Menu\Programs\Accessories\Media Center\Media Center Programs" directory so
> that it will appear in the More Programs entry of Media Center. The
> main.mcl file contains the following code:
>
> <application
> title="App Name"
> url="opening.html"
> name="App Name"
> <capabilitiesRequired
> console="true"
> />
> />
>
> However, the app also appears in the More Programs on the XBox Media Center
> Extender which we don't want. From the documentation that we have found,
> the console = "true" is supposed to keep Media Center from remoting the
> application.
>
> Are we doing something wrong???
>
>
.



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