Jan292012

Why does Windows Media Center execute after every command?

Apolosi asks:

I have a Toshiba Satellite pro L500 running Windows 7 32 bit.

Windows Media Center executes after any command. e.g. typing cmd, clicking on properties from an object menu etc. I tried to disable it, but it comes up after I clicked to turn Windows features on and off. Please help!


Browser: Chrome 16
System: Windows 7 32 bit
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  • FIDELIS January 30, 2012

    Hello, Did you have any issues with media center being set as default program for opening most files before you use the turn features on/off?  If you did, you will probably have to change/restore the file associations.  To do so in windows 7, you will need to download the association fixer from following link:

    http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

    or, you could try changing the program association for files by doing the following:

    http://www.winvistaclub.com/t19.html

    if I understand you right, this started happening after trying to disable/remove media center from turning windows functions on/off.  If that is what you want to accomplish, you can follow the next tutorial:

    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15530/uninstall-disable-or-remove-windows-7-media-center/

    Maybe it was not disabled/removed correctly.  What version of windows 7 do you have?  If you are running pro version and up, you could use group policy to disable it there too.  The instructions for doing so are in the above link.

    There is also the possibility of disabling windows media center by using the dism command.  You need to open command prompt with administrator privileges:

    http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/dism-command-line-tool-to-manage-windows-7-features/

    To try and disable media center with command show above, try the following:

    – click on start
    – type cmd in search bar
    – right click on cmd.exe entry and select run as administrator
    – once command prompt opens, type the following command:

    dism /online /disable-feature /featurename:MediaCenter

    – type Y to restart your system
    – if it does not run with a normal GUI, try running the steps above in safemode

    Let me know how it goes.

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  • Anonymous January 30, 2012

    you can try this microsoft fixt it for windows media player
    http://support.microsoft.com/mats/windows_media_player_diagnostic

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    • Yamin Kmr April 20, 2012

      THANKS … IT PROVED  HELPFUL….

      Reply
  • Ed January 30, 2012

    Looks like you accidentally set .exe files to open with Windows Media Center. You can manually fix this but it is faster to just download and run this registry fix: http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/123734d1312706455-default-file-type-associations-restore-default_exe.reg

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