This was one the little annoying issues I have had with Media Center from the XP days. The Problem is when you use the “Video Library” or “Picture Library” and have all your data on a different drive, you will always have to click a folder when you enter one of these options, even if it is the only folder available.
For Example, I have my Video files stored in “E:\My Documents\My Videos\” not on the OS/root drive but, my Media Drive. So when I go into the Video Library, I would have to click into “My Videos” even though it is the only folder in there. This will happen in Pictures as well. Kind of dumb if you ask me but, anyway…I want to thank Richard Miller for finding this after a long quest for it.
This happens on XP, Vista, TV Pack and Windows 7
NOTE: this is a registry edit, you can damage your computer if you edit the wrong thing, if you are not comfortable doing this, post in my forums and I will create a custom registry file for you.
Start > In the search box type (with out the quotes) “regedit”, RegEdit.exe should show up, right click on it, “run as an administrator”
I will use my example as above for my videos..
In the left hand pane, browse to..
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
On the right hand side, you will see the listings for My Music, My Video, My Pictures, etc
Double click on the one you want to change (Video, Pictures, etc), in the “Value data” change this info to your folder where you videos, etc are stored
After your change, Click OK, Close The Registry Editor, and reboot. When you reload Media Center, you’ll notice that the folder name you put in there will be the root, so you won’t have to click through the folder to get to your Media.
Enjoy !
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