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<blockquote data-quote="Anthony Vaughan" data-source="post: 1277364" data-attributes="member: 153283"><p>Okay. Thanks for letting me know.</p><p></p><p>My workaround for the moment is to use the Exit MediaPortal (without options) button to close down MediaPortal - I used to use the Exit MediaPortal with options - and now use the power button on my remote to put the computer to sleep and then turn off the power to the computer. It's a bit clunky, bit it does work. I'm using the DefaultWideHD skin.</p><p></p><p>BTW, the reason I am worrying about this is that I use the central configuration facility in MediaPortal to have all the client configuration, skins and client databases on a single computer - the reason I do this is because I can make a configuration change on one client and it will be picked up by all of the other clients - and, suddenly and I don't know why, the lock on the VideoDatabaseV5.db3 file started not to be released when I took the shutdown option from Exit MediaPortal. This used to work fine for several years, but has now stopped working, hence the need to be able to shutdown the computer down using a WMC remote.</p><p></p><p>All of this is necessary because I've developed a synchronisation app that ensures that all of the client databases get updated with changes to any single client database and it does this by picking up when a client database is updated and the lock on it is released. The failure to release the lock on shutdown has had a cascade effect hence my need to be able to turn off my computer remotely, which is where you came in.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your contribution. Even though it is only putting my machine to sleep, rather than shutting it down, it provides me with a working solution and I am very grateful for that.</p><p></p><p>Tony</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anthony Vaughan, post: 1277364, member: 153283"] Okay. Thanks for letting me know. My workaround for the moment is to use the Exit MediaPortal (without options) button to close down MediaPortal - I used to use the Exit MediaPortal with options - and now use the power button on my remote to put the computer to sleep and then turn off the power to the computer. It's a bit clunky, bit it does work. I'm using the DefaultWideHD skin. BTW, the reason I am worrying about this is that I use the central configuration facility in MediaPortal to have all the client configuration, skins and client databases on a single computer - the reason I do this is because I can make a configuration change on one client and it will be picked up by all of the other clients - and, suddenly and I don't know why, the lock on the VideoDatabaseV5.db3 file started not to be released when I took the shutdown option from Exit MediaPortal. This used to work fine for several years, but has now stopped working, hence the need to be able to shutdown the computer down using a WMC remote. All of this is necessary because I've developed a synchronisation app that ensures that all of the client databases get updated with changes to any single client database and it does this by picking up when a client database is updated and the lock on it is released. The failure to release the lock on shutdown has had a cascade effect hence my need to be able to turn off my computer remotely, which is where you came in. Thanks for your contribution. Even though it is only putting my machine to sleep, rather than shutting it down, it provides me with a working solution and I am very grateful for that. Tony [/QUOTE]
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