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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1101029" data-attributes="member: 82144">Hello and welcome McNiall <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Yep, this is the cause.Your MediaPortal.xml file (which is the main MediaPortal configuration file) is totally corrupted.That file can be found in c:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal. Note Windows normally hides ProgramData, so you may need to copy and paste that path into the address bar in Windows Explorer to find the file.Once you find the file, delete it.You may be lucky and find there is a backup - MediaPortal.xml.bak - in that same folder. If that is the case you can try to rename MediaPortal.xml.bak to MediaPortal.xml and try starting MediaPortal. If that still fails then the backup file is also corrupted and you'll have to delete that file as well.If you don't have a backup or the backup is also corrupted then after deleting the files you'll be able to open MediaPortal Configuration and reconfigure all your settings. After reconfiguring you'll be able to open MediaPortal.Regards,mm</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1101029, member: 82144"] Hello and welcome McNiall :) Yep, this is the cause. Your MediaPortal.xml file (which is the main MediaPortal configuration file) is totally corrupted. That file can be found in c:\[B]ProgramData[/B]\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal. Note Windows normally hides ProgramData, so you may need to copy and paste that path into the address bar in Windows Explorer to find the file. Once you find the file, delete it. You may be lucky and find there is a backup - MediaPortal.xml.bak - in that same folder. If that is the case you can try to rename MediaPortal.xml.bak to MediaPortal.xml and try starting MediaPortal. If that still fails then the backup file is also corrupted and you'll have to delete that file as well. If you don't have a backup or the backup is also corrupted then after deleting the files you'll be able to open MediaPortal Configuration and reconfigure all your settings. After reconfiguring you'll be able to open MediaPortal. Regards, mm [/QUOTE]

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