Re: Media Center keeps closing due to a problem
- From: "Bender" <imnotgivingmynametoa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 04:10:00 -0700
See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947464
Most of what it says follows... (You might want to do the WORKAROUND section since you say you don't use Media Center)
CAUSE
This problem occurs if the Windows Media Center update process (Mcupdate.exe) cannot access the Windows Media Center data store. You may experience this problem if the data store is damaged. The Mcupdate.exe process is a scheduled task that runs two times every day. If this scheduled task cannot access the data store, the Mcupdate.exe process crashes.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, try to rebuild the Media Center data store. To do this, follow these steps:1. Exit any running instance of Windows Media Center.
2. Delete the following file:
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\ProgramData\Microsoft\eHome\mediaCenterDataStore.db
To do this, follow these steps:a. Click Start, type run in the Start Search box, and then click Run in the Programs list.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.
b. In the Open box, type %systemdrive%\programdata\microsoft\ehome, and then click OK.
c. In the details pane, right-click mediacenterdatastore.db, and then click Delete.
d. Click Yes to confirm that you want to move the Mediacenterdatastore.db file to the Recycle Bin.
3. Start Windows Media Center.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem if you do not use Windows Media Center, cancel the Mcupdate.exe scheduled task. To do this, follow these steps:1. Click Start, type task scheduler in the Start Search box, and then click Task Scheduler in the Programs list.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.
2. In the navigation pane, expand Task Scheduler Library, expand Microsoft, expand Windows, and then click Media Center.
3. In the details pane, right-click mcupdate, and then click Disable.
"Don" <burnettedclothes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B9ED0856-F50B-4AF7-A1C2-927B8F3F5FA2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hey gang,.
I have been getting messages, even without Media Center open, that the " Windows Media Update has stopped working ". When I choose to check online for a solution, I do not get any feedback.
So I thought I would open Media Center, to see if I could see something there in the options that might clue me in. After opening Media Center and starting to navigate through it, it closes immediately, due to a problem. It does this as soon as I start clicking on things within Media Center, just won't stay open.
I tried a google search, and about all I saw on repairing Media Center, was running sfc /scannow from an elevated command prompt. I tried this, and it ran and did not find any damaged files.
Any ideas, on what I might could do to repair this? I really don't use Media Center, but it is annoying me more than anything, that it does not work, at this point.
Thanks for any feedback here,
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Don
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