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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 822736" data-attributes="member: 82144">Hi kjmc12It looks like your MediaPortal.xml (the main MP config file) is totally borked. It is full of nothing except null characters. This can happen when a data that is in memory or the HDD write cache is not written to the HDD because of sudden power loss. In this case I would guess that was caused by the hard reset that you did. I would strongly advise you not to do that as it can cause serious problems for you. If you have ongoing problems with standby/resume then I advise you to try and find and resolve the causes else you will continue to experience issues like this.Check C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal. If there is an automatic backup of the MediaPortal.xml file (it would be called MediaPortal.xml.bak) then you may be lucky. Copy and rename that file to MediaPortal.xml and MP *may* start.Reinstalling may overwrite or delete important files so I wouldn't advise doing that again in the future until you have absolutely confirmed that there is no other way to recover the installation.It really depends on the problem. Certainly reinstalling is not necessarily the solution. Best to ask for help here saying what happened and with logs like you've done and we can try to assist.The most important files for MediaPortal (ie. not including TV Server) are probably the MediaPortal.xml file and database and thumbs folders in C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal. Note that is a hidden folder so you'll need to paste the path into the address bar in Windows Explorer, use the &quot;user files&quot; shortcut in the MediaPortal folders in your start menu, or enable viewing of hidden and system files to get there.mm</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 822736, member: 82144"] Hi kjmc12 It looks like your MediaPortal.xml (the main MP config file) is totally borked. It is full of nothing except null characters. This can happen when a data that is in memory or the HDD write cache is not written to the HDD because of sudden power loss. In this case I would guess that was caused by the hard reset that you did. I would strongly advise you not to do that as it can cause serious problems for you. If you have ongoing problems with standby/resume then I advise you to try and find and resolve the causes else you will continue to experience issues like this. Check C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal. If there is an automatic backup of the MediaPortal.xml file (it would be called MediaPortal.xml.bak) then you may be lucky. Copy and rename that file to MediaPortal.xml and MP *may* start. Reinstalling may overwrite or delete important files so I wouldn't advise doing that again in the future until you have absolutely confirmed that there is no other way to recover the installation. It really depends on the problem. Certainly reinstalling is not necessarily the solution. Best to ask for help here saying what happened and with logs like you've done and we can try to assist. The most important files for MediaPortal (ie. not including TV Server) are probably the MediaPortal.xml file and database and thumbs folders in C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal. Note that is a hidden folder so you'll need to paste the path into the address bar in Windows Explorer, use the "user files" shortcut in the MediaPortal folders in your start menu, or enable viewing of hidden and system files to get there. mm [/QUOTE]

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