Batu69 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Microsoft removed Windows Media Center from Windows 10, and there’s no official way to get it back. While there are great alternatives like Kodi, which can play and record live TV, the community has made Windows Media Center functional on Windows 10. This isn’t an official trick. As far as Microsoft is concerned, you can just keep using Windows 7 or 8.1 if you want Windows Media Center, although that’s becoming more and more difficult. Microsoft isn’t interested in supporting Windows Media Center any longer. Step One: Download the Unofficial Windows Media Center Installer We feel it’s important to reiterate this warning: this isn’t officially supported by Microsoft. This process involves downloading a modified Windows Media Center application from an unofficial source, so if you’re uncomfortable with that, this may not be for you. We tried it ourselves and ran into no problems, the file shows up as clean on multiple malware scanners, and other big sites have reported on this application. But that’s all we can say. If you’re ready to give it a try, head to this thread on the My Digital Life forums. You normally need to register to see the latest download links, but here are the latest ones as of June 2016: Windows Media Center (64-bit) Windows Media Center (32-bit) Download the appropriate installer, depending on whether you’re using a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 10. Just click the “Download through your browser” link on the download page. Step Two: Install Windows Media Center The downloaded archive is a .7z file, so you’ll also need to download and install 7-Zip to open it. Once you have, you can right-click the downloaded .7z file in File Explorer and select 7-Zip > Extract Here. You’ll get a WMC folder. The included readme file recommends copying this folder to a short path with no spaces to avoid problems. For example, you could place it directly inside your C:\ drive. Open the folder, right-click the “_TestRights.cmd” file, and select “Run as Administrator”. A Command Prompt window will open, and you can close it. You can then right-click the “Installer.cmd” file and select “Run as Administrator.” You’ll see the progress of the installation in a Command Prompt window. Don’t close the window until you see the “Press any key to exit” message. If there’s a problem, you may need to try running the _TestRights.cmd file again and rebooting before running the Installer.cmd file once again. If you’ve previously installed this pack–or if you upgraded from Windows 7 or 8.1 and previously had Windows Media Center installed–you may need to right-click the “Uninstaller.cmd” file and select “Run as Administrator” to remove any leftover bits of Windows Media Center before it will install normally. This is also the file you need to run if you ever want to completely uninstall Windows Media Center. Step Three: Run Windows Media Center After you successfully install Windows Media Center, it will appear in your Start menu as a normal application you can launch. It should run normally, just as it did on Windows 7 and 8.1. Help, I Have Another Problem! If you encounter another problem, open the Workarounds.txt file for more information. This file contains a list of problems people have encountered and fixes known to work. For example, it recommends installing the Shark007 codec pack if you encounter a “Decoder Error” while playing some types of media. It also provides instructions for issues with Windows Media Center finding TV tuner cards and setting up live TV. While Windows Media Center currently works, it’s possible that future changes to Windows 10 might break it. For example, we saw reports that Windows 10’s November update–build 1511–automatically uninstalled the Windows 7 version of Solitaire and other old Windows desktop games if people went out of their way to install them. We wouldn’t be surprised if a future Windows 10 update uninstalled Windows Media Center. If this happens, the community will hopefully find a workaround once again. Credit to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 12 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Its working indeed on Win10 x64 ( latest stabile version ). Got "DISM failed,with error; 0x800f0922" first time. Rebooted,tried again and succesfully installed, WMC seems to play every dvd/music extension. Have to test DVD-playing next....... DVD also playing OK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straycat19 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 9 hours ago, Batu69 said: we saw reports that Windows 10’s November update–build 1511–automatically uninstalled the Windows 7 version of Solitaire and other old Windows desktop games if people went out of their way to install them Microsoft stated early in the release of Windows 10 that they would uninstall programs from user's systems. Once they get everyone hooked, expect to see a lot more. It isn't much of a reach to believe that programmers could submit data on how their software is cracked and Microsoft could search for that patch information and if found uninstall the software from the system. It could probably even be easier by programmers including a hidden registry key when a program is registered which hacked programs would not have and if the registry key isn't found the software would be removed. Microsoft's new motto is, "Your system belong to us." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 On undefined at 4:16 PM, straycat19 said: Microsoft stated early in the release of Windows 10 that they would uninstall programs from user's systems. Once they get everyone hooked, expect to see a lot more. It isn't much of a reach to believe that programmers could submit data on how their software is cracked and Microsoft could search for that patch information and if found uninstall the software from the system. It could probably even be easier by programmers including a hidden registry key when a program is registered which hacked programs would not have and if the registry key isn't found the software would be removed. Microsoft's new motto is, "Your system belong to us." No it dont belong to them , if they forced people to were they cant install legacy you can always change O/S software only the software belong to them...If they make Windows 10 users angry were they cant use there software we would switch software . They yet to put anything in the store that people will buy yet there working on it though . Linux has had a Software catalog and package mangers for along time but you can still install stuff thorough the terminal and deb . If Microsoft had good apps, i would not mind using the store, but they dont yet/ they are way behind other O/S on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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