MP 1.0.2 stopped working after bluescreen (1 Viewer)

[e_razor]

I had a bluescreen on my Vista SP2 installation while working out some HDTV codec issues, after reboot mp will not start. When you run mediaportal an error dialog instantly apears wich says "Mediaportal has stopped working". The log output is mostly greek to me, but maybe some developer or someone can learn something from it?

2009-05-11 18:10:52.832852 [ERROR][MPMain]: MediaPortal: Unhandled exception occured
2009-05-11 18:10:52.838711 [ERROR][MPMain]: Exception ystem.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: Configuration system failed to initialize ---> System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: Root element is missing. (C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe.config) ---> System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowWithoutLineInfo(String res)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
at System.Configuration.XmlUtil..ctor(Stream stream, String name, Boolean readToFirstElement, ConfigurationSchemaErrors schemaErrors)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.InitConfigFromFile()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationSchemaErrors.ThrowIfErrors(Boolean ignoreLocal)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ThrowIfParseErrors(ConfigurationSchemaErrors schemaErrors)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ThrowIfInitErrors()
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.EnsureInit(String configKey)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.EnsureInit(String configKey)
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.PrepareClientConfigSystem(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigSystem.GetSection(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.get_AppSettings()
at MediaPortalApp.Main(String[] args)
2009-05-11 18:10:52.838711 [ERROR][MPMain]: Exception :Configuration system failed to initialize
2009-05-11 18:10:52.839688 [ERROR][MPMain]: site :Void EnsureInit(System.String)
2009-05-11 18:10:52.839688 [ERROR][MPMain]: source ystem.Configuration
2009-05-11 18:10:52.840664 [ERROR][MPMain]: stacktrace: at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.EnsureInit(String configKey)
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.PrepareClientConfigSystem(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigSystem.GetSection(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.get_AppSettings()
at MediaPortalApp.Main(String[] args)

 

[tourettes]

Try deleting the MediaPortal.xml settings file, it might be corrupted. (of course take a backup in case it is not the cuase for the crash).

 

[chemelli]

missing. (C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe.config) ---> System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing.

I think MediaPortal.exe.config is 0 in size. Seen here after a BSOD as well.

Simone

 

[poppabk]

Check this thread. The mediaportal.exe.config is from a prevo=ious version but should work I think.
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/general-support-51/empty-mediaportal-exe-config-48365/

 

[e_razor]

After replacing mediaporta.exe.config with this file it started working again. And as discussed in the threads in reference to this one, it seems the file somehow got emptied out after bluescreen.

This has happend to at least 4-5 people from what i can gather, maybe it should be investigated, from what i understood from the other threads. This is a file that is just read from, never written to. When the computer for some reason bluescreens it will become empty and then mediaportal can't start.

I will attach the file i used in this thread if anyone should need it. The file contained version number 1.0.0.0 wich i edited to 1.0.2.0. I do not know if this is important or relevant for the function of mediaportal however.