GameEx is not stoping/restarting MCE

[skidrash]

I can't seem to get GameEx to reliably close Windows Media Center when I load it, nor does it reliably restart it when I exit GameEx.

It will close MCE sometimes, but most of the times is just minimizes it (and I don't have enough processing power to run both at the same time). When I exit GameEx, if MCE was closed, it will sometimes restart it, but not all the times. If it just minimized MCE, it won't bring MCE back to focus.

I have messed around with the settings in Tweaks/Performance for stoping and restarting MCE, and they don't seem to make much of a difference.

I have upgraded quite a few times now... Could this be a problem with how my config file has been upgraded over the previous version? (I really don't want to rebuild the ini file, it took me a LOOOONG time)

Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!

~skidrash

[Tom Speirs]

I can't seem to get GameEx to reliably close Windows Media Center when I load it, nor does it reliably restart it when I exit GameEx.

It will close MCE sometimes, but most of the times is just minimizes it (and I don't have enough processing power to run both at the same time).  When I exit GameEx, if MCE was closed, it will sometimes restart it, but not all the times.  If it just minimized MCE, it won't bring MCE back to focus.

I have messed around with the settings in Tweaks/Performance for stoping and restarting MCE, and they don't seem to make much of a difference. 

I have upgraded quite a few times now...  Could this be a problem with how my config file has been upgraded over the previous version? (I really don't want to rebuild the ini file, it took me a LOOOONG time)

Any suggestions would be great.  Thanks!

~skidrash

Is this a recent thing? What version of GameEx are you running? Reason I ask is on Tuesday I released 5.85 which changes the timing of when MCE is closed down.

Let me know.

It may just mean though that your ini may have duplicate settings if you tend to do manual edits of it rather than use the config app. To find out open Gameex.ini in notepad and do a search for MediaCenterMode, then do a search again to make sure it's not duplicated. It should really be set to =2 for reliable use in all cases.

Also check for the theme your using, and that the theme.ini does not contain the mediacentermode setting.

[skidrash]

I am running v5.86. I checked the ini file and there is only one instance of MediaCenterMode and it is set to 2. I checked the theme.ini for the theme I'm using and there was the culprit. mediacentermode=0 I changed it to 2 (because I didn't know if it was safe to just remove it), and now its working right. MCE shutsdown and comes back just as it should.

I did notice that when I leave GameEx I see the desktop for a second or two before MCE starts. Its only from GameEx to MCE. From MCE to GameEx the screen just blanks, and GameEx loads. Is there an option I can turn on that blanks the screen when I leave GameEx, just until MCE loads?

Thanks for you help Tom, and all your hard work!

~skidrash