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<blockquote data-quote="damaster" data-source="post: 230171" data-attributes="member: 60795">Ok, you asked for it, so here it is.&nbsp; Instructions:1. Unrar the contents of the attached archive to your Media Portal installation folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal)2. Go to your registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.&nbsp; Add a new string value called &quot;MediaPortalLauncher&quot; with value &quot;C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortalLauncher.exe boot&quot; (without the double-quotes please).&nbsp; In order for this to work correctly, make sure you haven't configured MediaPortal to launch on Windows start-up from the MediaPortal configuration.3. Open up MediaPortalLauncher.config from your Media Portal installation folder.&nbsp; Edit the properties as needed:- mpRootDir: This is the root directory where MediaPortal is installed. Don't change the default value here if you didn't change it during installation of MediaPortal.- launchMp: This just enables/disables launching of MediaPortal.&nbsp; This is good if you don't want to launch MediaPortal even if MediaPortalLauncher runs.- launchOnBoot: If you set up the registry key in step 2 correctly, then MediaPortalLauncher.exe should come up on boot-up.&nbsp; If you wanna temporarily disable MediaPortal launch on boot-up, just set this to false.- enableAero: This starts the Vista service &quot;Desktop Window Manager Session Manager&quot; to enable Aero, if the service isn't already started.&nbsp; This eliminates tearing when using EVR.&nbsp; Windows XP users should set this to false.- waitForAti: This is your solution to the race condition which leads to the DirectX initialization error.&nbsp; Setting this to true makes MediaPortalLauncher wait for process &quot;CCC.exe&quot; to be running first before launching MediaPortal.exe.&nbsp; For Nvidia users, I would have to make this more configurable to allow specifying any process executable to wait for.&nbsp; For ATI users this should work fine if you have ATI drivers installed which almost always require launching of Catalyst Control Center upon boot-up to activate the ATI drivers and DirectX.This has only been tested by me and it's the first time it's getting any public exposure.&nbsp; Send me your bug reports if you encounter any problems.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="damaster, post: 230171, member: 60795"] Ok, you asked for it, so here it is. Instructions: 1. Unrar the contents of the attached archive to your Media Portal installation folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal) 2. Go to your registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Add a new string value called "MediaPortalLauncher" with value "C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortalLauncher.exe boot" (without the double-quotes please). In order for this to work correctly, make sure you haven't configured MediaPortal to launch on Windows start-up from the MediaPortal configuration. 3. Open up MediaPortalLauncher.config from your Media Portal installation folder. Edit the properties as needed: - mpRootDir: This is the root directory where MediaPortal is installed. Don't change the default value here if you didn't change it during installation of MediaPortal. - launchMp: This just enables/disables launching of MediaPortal. This is good if you don't want to launch MediaPortal even if MediaPortalLauncher runs. - launchOnBoot: If you set up the registry key in step 2 correctly, then MediaPortalLauncher.exe should come up on boot-up. If you wanna temporarily disable MediaPortal launch on boot-up, just set this to false. - enableAero: This starts the Vista service "Desktop Window Manager Session Manager" to enable Aero, if the service isn't already started. This eliminates tearing when using EVR. Windows XP users should set this to false. - waitForAti: [b]This[/b] is your solution to the race condition which leads to the DirectX initialization error. Setting this to true makes MediaPortalLauncher wait for process "CCC.exe" to be running first before launching MediaPortal.exe. For Nvidia users, I would have to make this more configurable to allow specifying any process executable to wait for. For ATI users this should work fine if you have ATI drivers installed which almost always require launching of Catalyst Control Center upon boot-up to activate the ATI drivers and DirectX. This has only been tested by me and it's the first time it's getting any public exposure. Send me your bug reports if you encounter any problems. [/QUOTE]

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