by
DavidinCT
30. December 2009 22:48
So you were attempting to tweak MC and something broke. Now when ever you do anything in it, it crashes or even you start it, it crashes. Anyone who attempts to tweak MC has been there at one point or another.
This has saved my butt a few times (the WAF) it is available on all versions of Windows 7 and only a few versions of Vista (Ultimate with MC). It’s called previous versions (shadow copies) and is enabled by default in Windows 7. I won’t get into all the details on how it works (for more info click here ) but, I can tell you in Windows 7, it can help you if you broke some configurations sometimes. This is not the end all be all fixes for MC but, this will help in some cases.
Windows 7 Media Center’s data is stored in a Database, when you do changes, the changes get updated in the database. The Media Center configuration files are stored at “%systemdrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\eHome” (file name like mcepg*-*.db).
This will restore Media Center back to the date listed, any new changes done after the restore point will be lost. When you need to, right click on this file, go to Properties and select Previous versions, Select the date you want to go back to (before you caused the crash) and hit OK. After the restore, reboot the computer.
This should take care of most smaller configuration problems but, will not fix everything. If your Media Center is dead and your at a last resort I would really try this before anything major. Also, make sure you still have it enabled, some people disable it to save some space.
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