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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1184595" data-attributes="member: 82144"><p><a href="https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/83bbac5bc5339ef14d6864c48b17d050f500e19f/mediaportal/MediaPortal.Application/App.config" target="_blank">https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/83bbac5bc5339ef14d6864c48b17d050f500e19f/mediaportal/MediaPortal.Application/App.config</a></p><p></p><p>Note that the version number in the file changes for each release, and we also sometimes modify other parts of the file. Therefore you cannot use that version of the file for other versions of MediaPortal.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you want to set up such a recovery system then that's your prerogative. However, please be aware that absolutely any file - core OS files, driver files, program files, configuration files... <strong>- </strong>that any process had loaded before power loss can be corrupted. Therefore with the greatest respect, I think your stated expectation that you could prevent such a problem from happening again via a mechanism like the one you described is unrealistic.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying that such a recovery system would be completely useless. Rather, my point is simply that it would have limited utility. It may help you on certain occasions, but it certainly wouldn't prevent the problem. My advice would be to focus on preventing the PC from unexpectedly losing power in the first place rather than on recovery. If you had a power outage then there's obviously not much you can do short of getting a UPS. On the other hand, if you intentionally hard reset your PC - a practice I'd never recommend except as an absolute last resort - try to find a different resolution for the situation that caused you to choose to do that.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No, not really. The MP (client) copy of gentle.config is created [by copying from TV Server] when missing. However it's not updated under any normal/regular circumstances. In other words: neither MP nor TV Server would automatically notice or fix a corrupt gentle.config.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1184595, member: 82144"] [URL]https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/83bbac5bc5339ef14d6864c48b17d050f500e19f/mediaportal/MediaPortal.Application/App.config[/URL] Note that the version number in the file changes for each release, and we also sometimes modify other parts of the file. Therefore you cannot use that version of the file for other versions of MediaPortal. If you want to set up such a recovery system then that's your prerogative. However, please be aware that absolutely any file - core OS files, driver files, program files, configuration files... [B]- [/B]that any process had loaded before power loss can be corrupted. Therefore with the greatest respect, I think your stated expectation that you could prevent such a problem from happening again via a mechanism like the one you described is unrealistic. I'm not saying that such a recovery system would be completely useless. Rather, my point is simply that it would have limited utility. It may help you on certain occasions, but it certainly wouldn't prevent the problem. My advice would be to focus on preventing the PC from unexpectedly losing power in the first place rather than on recovery. If you had a power outage then there's obviously not much you can do short of getting a UPS. On the other hand, if you intentionally hard reset your PC - a practice I'd never recommend except as an absolute last resort - try to find a different resolution for the situation that caused you to choose to do that. No, not really. The MP (client) copy of gentle.config is created [by copying from TV Server] when missing. However it's not updated under any normal/regular circumstances. In other words: neither MP nor TV Server would automatically notice or fix a corrupt gentle.config. [/QUOTE]
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