Media Center Studio Customizations Missing After Media Center Update? Here’s a Fix.
Shout out to the group at the Australian Media Center Community forum for figuring this one out. After Microsoft pushed out an Update last week, those of us that have customized our WMC menu’s with Media Center Studio saw many of our customizations revert back to Media Center defaults. If you open Media Center Studio you should see that all your customizations are still there, they just don’t appear in WMC anymore.
My native Movies tile, which I had removed and replaced with Media Browser, was back. Hulu which I had placed in the TV strip was also gone. Although I custom “Add-In’s” tile I had created with tiles for Boxee and a few other items was still intact.
I found a fix at the Australian Media Center Community forum. The developer chimed in and said that a fix in Media Center Studio would be forthcoming eventually, but here is a fix for the time being.
On your Windows 7 Media Center PC, browse to the following directory:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\eHome\Packages\MCEClientUX\dSM
Find the StartResources.dll file. It was the only file in the folder on my PCs.
Rename the file to something else. I choose to append an _old to the filename.
Once you restart WMC, you should be back in business and able to make all typical edits with Media Center Studio. If you get a message that Media Center can’t start after changing the file name, change the original file back to it’s original file name. Next, use the Restore Default button in Media Center Studio, then try again to rename the dll file.
Note: I’m in the United States and his is worked for me. There are a few different file tweaks noted in the full thread that worked in other parts of the world, so if you’re outside the US, double check the forum thread. (link below). The fixes start on page 2 of the thread.
You can find the thread in the Australian Media Center Community forum here. There is also another helpful thread over on the Green Button.
Category: Digital Media, Media PCs, Windows Media Center
