"Media Center Studio" is a free and very useful utility for Windows Vista and 7. It allows you to easily customize look of Windows Media Center.
If you want to manually change the Media Center look, you'll need to edit a system file "ehres.dll" which is stored in "%windir%\ehome" directory. But no need to do so much complicated task, you can easily edit existing Media Center theme or create new themes using Media Center Studio.
Features List:
- Edit your start menu - rearrange or disable native menu items
- Create your own menu strips, and your own items to go in them
- Monitors your application and returns to Media Center when it exits
- Set up a button on your remote to exit your application
- Create menu items that take you to native Media Center pages, or start media
- Apply themes to Media Center
- Create new themes or edit existing ones
You can download it using following link:
After downloading, run the downloaded "MCStudioLauncher.application" file. It'll show a dialog box asking your permission to install the main application, click on "Install" button and it'll download the main setup file (4.41 MB).
This article was posted in Software Zone, Windows 7, Windows Vista.
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Carlos
Hi Vishal, sorry if this is no the correct place to ask, but I'm desperate.
I'm about to install Windows 7 but when I'm about to install it it says "Windows can't retrieve information about the discs in the machine" or something like that (I'm translating it).
Please help me!
VG
^^ Most of the time this error occurs when the burning was not successful and the setup disc is corrupt. You can try following things one by one:
1. Burn a new DVD with a low burning rate.
2. Try with any other DVD brand. I would prefer Moserbaer.
3. Sometimes this error might occur due to multiple HDD in a system. If you are using more than one HDD, try to remove other HDD and then install Windows 7. You can re-attach other HDD after successful installation.
tbvnz
I can't find where this installs to (how do I open it once it's closed), it keeps freezing, there's no user guide or support and where do I get themes? Seems like a nice idea I recently researched skinning Media Center didn't see anything I liked.
Someone
Cool...
Mike
@tbvnz...you will find some themes here http://www.theme7mc.com/
senthil
one more nice pick from VG...!
MAGNUMHEART
hi vg. ^^ it's not related to wmc. but this regards on wmp 12.
y does my wmp12 always show a blank unnamed playlist icon.
and when i have created a new playlist it works well at 1st
but after restarting wmp12. or on next launch. the playlist(s) i made disappears.
and then the blank unnamed one remains.
and there is a playlist on the left pane "All" but if i click on it
no songs were inside. how come?
is it an issue with wmp toolbar for wmp 12?
i tried uninstalling it now. il see if it would fix my problem. after restart.
if not, can i just uninstall wmp12 and reinstall it again in programs and feats.?? ^^
thx.
Carlos
OMFG Vishal please help me! I installed Windows 7 succesfully yesterday and everything was working alright. But when I restarted after installing updates it appears a message that says BOOTMGR is compressed, press ctrl+alt+del to restart and I can't Start windows!! Please help me!!
Andrew Shaffer
^^ Had issues like that before... If you've still got your Windows 7 install disc, you're gonna want to boot to that and use the links in the lower left-hand corner (after the language selection screen) to "fix my computer" or "repair Windows" or somesuch line like that... it'll have an option to check your startup settings (if it doesn't check them automatically) and offer to fix them.
Somehow, your Bootmgr file died. That file lets you have different options at startup on which operating system to run, or automatically selects the standard installation if you've only got one.
If you ever play with Linux much, you're likely to killthe Bootmgr file a few times...
SCBright
@Carlos: for some reason your system boot partition may be damaged.
You may do the following sequence to repair:
Put the Windows 7 installation disc in the disc drive, and then start your computer.
Select a language, a time, a currency, a keyboard or an input method, as you and then click Next.
Click Repair your computer.
Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt.
Type these commands EXACTLY as follow:
Bootrec.exe /FixMbr
Bootrec.exe /FixBoot
Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd
Press ENTER after each command.
Restart your computer and good luck.