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milsdrewbulch:
I get startup problems when starting Windows with JRiver Media Server.



Unless I turn off MC from the Windows startup options, I cannot use MC. This just started today and I haven't done anything since using version 32 without problems for a week or so.

There is no other user account. There is no second mention of JRiver in the Windows startup list. No other MC version installed as I always uninstall the old version before installing a major MC update (in this case from 30 to 32).

The only way to get MC to work now is to start it manually with the ONE entry in Windows startup options turned off before rebooting.

In MC's own startup settings, setting it to media server (what I've been doing for years) no longer works.

W10Pro 64 bit.

JimH:
Configure Windows Defender.  Uninstall any other antivirus.

On startup, run only Media Server.

Reboot.

milsdrewbulch:
Never used third party anti-virus. Windows Security exclusions were all updated to MC32 a few weeks ago and it worked fine for a few weeks.

No changes by me since, but today the problem started.

If the slider in the Windows Startup options for MC is set to Off, and I reboot with just server set to start up in the MC settings, Media server does NOT start on reboot.

If the slider in the Windows Startup options for MC is set to On, and I reboot with just server set to start up in the MC settings, Media server does NOT start on reboot and if I then double click on the MC desktop icon, the error message appears.

Been using MC30 and versions starting back at around MC15 and have never seen this. I'm very proficient with MC.

Add: When the UI won't open, if I end an MC task that appears in Task Manager, I can then open it after that.

Awesome Donkey:
Have you tamed Windows Defender and added exclusions for Media Center 32? Pretty sure once you do, this issue should go away.

craigmcg:
I get that error if I have tried to open two instances of Media Center but based on your description, this should not be the case for you. Have you tried uninstalling MC32, rebooting, then reinstalling it? When you reinstall it,don't enable the Start media server on startup then reboot again. You shouldn't get the error when you try to manually start MC32 after the reboot. Once MC32 is open, enable the start media server on startup then close media center and reboot again.Hopefully the reboots after each change will correct whatever is going wrong in Windows that may be contributing to the error.

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