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Startup Problem [Solved]
milsdrewbulch:
--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on February 05, 2024, 06:32:54 am ---Have you tamed Windows Defender and added exclusions for Media Center 32? Pretty sure once you do, this issue should go away.
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Yes. These are my exclusions:
Files
C:\Windows\System32\MC32.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MC32.exe
Folders
C:\Program Files\J River
C:\Users\**my user account here**\AppData\Roaming\J River
Processes
C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 32\MC32.exe
C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 32\Media Center 32.exe
C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 32\JRService.exe
C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 32\JRWorker.exe
C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 32\JRWeb.exe
C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 32\PackageInstaller.exe
C:\Windows\System32\MC32.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MC32.exe
milsdrewbulch:
--- Quote from: craigmcg on February 05, 2024, 07:48:38 am ---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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Definitely completely uninstalled MC30 before installing MC32. There's no second instance. Reluctant to uninstall, but might try that. Never seen this in the many years I've been using MC.
milsdrewbulch:
I changed the startup setting in MC32's own settings to do nothing, then backed up the library, uninstalled MC32, restarted Windows and observed that there was no longer a JRiver entry in the Windows Startup apps list.
I then installed MC32.0.8 and restored the library, then rebooted and as expected MC did nothing on Windows Startup. I then changed the setting in MC's own Windows startup options to start Media Server on Windows startup and restarted Windows again, but MC server does NOT start, nor does it appear in the Windows startup apps list.
I created an MC shortcut on my desktop and it works to open the UI. If I close the UI MC server remains going and sits in the Task Bar pop-up as I would expect.
This misbehaviour is new to me. I never saw it in a previous version and MC32 was working fine for a few weeks. Perhaps a Windows update has corrupted something.
milsdrewbulch:
The problem has resolved itself after the following Windows updates just now:
After running those updates, MC reappeared in the list of Windows Startup apps but in the Off position. After switching that to On and rebooting I'm back to normal operations.
Sorry for the bother.
I KNEW IT WASN'T MY FAULT!!!!! LOL
markf2748:
Just curious - do you know if the Windows Update Notices were sitting on your computer, waiting to be acted upon, when your MC problems started?
I sort of recall weird MC behaviors when Windows Update Notices are sitting there under Settings > Windows Update, but I have not yet gone ahead to actually download and install them. An illogical MS thing which I check (but sometimes forget) when MC suddenly turns weird. Wondering if others encounter the same thing, or if it's my imagination, since I don't see it reported much.
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