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<blockquote data-quote="arctork" data-source="post: 647708" data-attributes="member: 106365">Thanks guys,I have tried setting this up once again ... but to no avail. I followed these instructions ... regarding the configuration tool. <a href="http://code.google.com/p/x-factor/wiki/XFactorMainMenu" target="_blank">XFactorMainMenu - x-factor - Customizing your X-Factor basichome menu. - Project Hosting on Google Code</a> and I went to the XFactor Menu Editor&quot; and in the column on the right I changed some of the images for the menu options. I also tried setting them all to use fanart. Both times after I generated a new basic home and then clicked ok on the way out .... then brought up Media Portal again ... and nothing had changed. I'm on Windows Vista ... I've installed the service packs ... and I have no idea why it's not working. I did notice that for instance in the fanart plugin all the folder locations were C:\Documents and Settings\... but on Windows Vista that's just a short cut / junction that points elsewhere. When I go and click on this shortcut however I get a &quot;Location is not Available error&quot;. In browsing around some of the folder I notice that many are empty. Am I supposed to download fan art manually and place it in specific folders for this to work? I'm kinda lost at the moment. I also don't think it's a codec issue all the videos play ... I just don't get any fan art with them nor are the different menu screens working. The main menu screen I see is the one with the wooden floor and the 2 chairs and then it looks like a bit of a wasteland in the distance out the window. Where am I going wrong?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="arctork, post: 647708, member: 106365"] Thanks guys, I have tried setting this up once again ... but to no avail. I followed these instructions ... regarding the configuration tool. [url=http://code.google.com/p/x-factor/wiki/XFactorMainMenu]XFactorMainMenu - x-factor - Customizing your X-Factor basichome menu. - Project Hosting on Google Code[/url] and I went to the XFactor Menu Editor" and in the column on the right I changed some of the images for the menu options. I also tried setting them all to use fanart. Both times after I generated a new basic home and then clicked ok on the way out .... then brought up Media Portal again ... and nothing had changed. I'm on Windows Vista ... I've installed the service packs ... and I have no idea why it's not working. I did notice that for instance in the fanart plugin all the folder locations were C:\Documents and Settings\... but on Windows Vista that's just a short cut / junction that points elsewhere. When I go and click on this shortcut however I get a "Location is not Available error". In browsing around some of the folder I notice that many are empty. Am I supposed to download fan art manually and place it in specific folders for this to work? I'm kinda lost at the moment. I also don't think it's a codec issue all the videos play ... I just don't get any fan art with them nor are the different menu screens working. The main menu screen I see is the one with the wooden floor and the 2 chairs and then it looks like a bit of a wasteland in the distance out the window. Where am I going wrong? [/QUOTE]

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