How do I manually re-enable Windows Media Center Services? (1 Viewer)

[HTPCSourcer]

For Windows Home users: I came across this comment to change the policy directly in the registry

I managed to get around this by going to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaCenter in the registry. There was a DWORD in it called "MediaCenter" with a value of "1". Deleting that DWORD allowed Media Center to launch properly. Take note that this was done with Vista Home Premium though, and as a disclaimer, be careful with editing your registry.

The policy could also be at the Local Machine level (HKLM):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaCenter.

 

[mm1352000]

For Windows Home users: I came across this comment to change the policy directly in the registry

...that is how TV Server enables/disables WMC services.