POP T2T, stopping it from launching MC

[Marker0077]

I have Prince of Persia The Two Thrones & I want to stop it from launching Media Center when I exit the game because I use GameEx for all my games. I've tried uninstalling the MCE patch, uninstalling then re-installing the game - nothing works. Any suggestions?

[amos_82]

I had a look at this when i bought the game some time ago. I wanted to figure out where the command to close/restart mce came from, so i could use it for other games. So i searched everywhere, even used software to read all the dll files.

The best i can figure out is that its coded into the games .exe, which means we cant stop mce from loading. Unless we are missing something blaitantly obvious like an extra menu.

By the way if you havent installed the Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones Media Center Patch, you can get it here at Gamespot

it does the following:

- Registers the game with the Media Center shell

- Places a new icon in the More Programs section of Media Center

- Allows for the use of 3rd-party Media Center shells

[Marker0077]

I don't want the patch, I want the thing gone. Again, I've tried uninstalling the patch, uninstalling the game, then reinstalling just the game - nothing works. Can't be the .exe file because I reinstalled the entire game. Thanks for your feedback.

Also FYI, it doesn't add a shortcut in More Programs. Not the actual more programs in start menu anyways. It adds it elsewhere.

[amos_82]

I think you misunderstood. There are no simple ways to disable the relaunch of mce, because the command is built into the game's exe file which is uneditable.

You could try using a batch file to launch the game, once its over have a timed interval of a few seconds (call another batch file with the ping information) before sending the command: taskkill.exe /F /IM eshell.exe.

[headkaze]

The best way to solve this mystery...

- Use File Monitor to find out what process is actually launching ehshell.exe when you exit the game.

- Edit the offending file in a hex editor and do a search for ehshell.exe. Remove it by overwriting the text with 0x00.

- You may also try a search in the games directory for files containing the word "ehshell.exe" and try to find it that way.

- Make sure you make a backup of the file before you edit it, so you can replace it back if it dosn't work.