Or restore your recordings with mcBackup. Now open a cmd prompt and run this command replacing the location of your backup file. (If the time stamp got reset you can look at the name which is year,month,day_hour,seconds). Sorting that folder by date will reveal the newest backup. Inside there you’ll find a backup folder and in there a recordings directory. After all your tuners are configured, setup your custom channel lineup manually.Īfter you have the guide the way you like it, dig into the eHome files you moved and sort by date finding the newest mcepg*-* folder. Launch Media Center and re-run live tv setup. Reboot (you might be able to start the services here, didn’t try). You can use mcBackup to ensure you have the files you need, but the eHome directory still needs to be empty to reset Media Center.) (you’ll need the contents later to restore your scheduled recordings. Now you should be able to move all the content of the hidden folder C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\eHome\ to a safe place. Then open task manager and kill all the processes that start with eh. Media Extender Service and Windows Media Center Receiver Service. Start by stopping all the Media Center services like Use at your own risk! This worked for me, but might not for you. The best part is your scheduled recordings can be restored easily. This won’t take you an hour and the hardest part is setting up your custom guide settings. Luckily Windows 7 Media Center is pretty easy to reset and get back to where you were - sans the bad parts. But then what? If none of that works, how do you restore your system to its original glory without punting on 1st down (re-installing Windows)? So you check your overall system health and then disable or uninstall all the plug-ins that might be to blame. You know how it goes though, everything starts snappy and responsive and then months later you’re wondering exactly what plug-in you installed that made everything seemingly slow down.
But it’s also the type of thing you can fix yourself pretty easily if you know how.
This is the darker side of Windows Media Center, the side that exposes you’re using a PC for a DVR.
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