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shortie:
TL;DR - If Win-X isn't working on your Windows 8.1 installation, in MC19's Tools->Options->General->Shell Options, uncheck "Enable shell integration" then check it. It worked for me!

Detail:

I broke one of my own rules and was an early upgrader to Windows 8.1 yesterday. Ever since the upgrade, my so-called "power menu" (accessed via Windows-X or by right clicking in the lower left corner of my display) has been non-functional. The menu will pop up but none of the menu items would work. This is the main way I access things like Control Panel, Admin Command Prompt and such things so you may imagine I've been somewhat frantically searching for a resolution. I found a kindred soul had posted something in http://forums.hexus.net/windows/296885-winkey-x-menu-shortcuts-not-working-win-8-1-a.html wherein he had, through trial and error, found that some non-Microsoft ShellExtentions had caused Win-X to break. He recommended installing ShellExView (free) from http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html, disabling each of the non-Microsoft extension and restarting Explorer to narrow it down. I had about 30 and it turns out that the ONE I had to disable to get things to work again is the Media Center 19 Context Menu extension.

Now, here's the screwy thing. I updated to the most current MC19 which didn't fix it (I re-enabled the extension, updated and it still broke Win-X) so I disabled the extension and went in to MC19's Tools->Options->General, disabled Shell Integration then re-enabled it, re-enabled the extension in ShellExView, restarted Explorer and everything's working now.

Matt:
To make sure, are you on MC 19.0.56 (or newer)?

shortie:
I was on 19.0.32. I upgraded to 19.0.54 which, according to Help -> Update Channels -> Check For Updates is the latest stable version.

But note that I said by DISabling shell integration then REenabling it, it all works again.

StFeder:

--- Quote from: Matt on October 18, 2013, 12:43:07 pm ---To make sure, are you on MC 19.0.56 (or newer)?

--- End quote ---
I'm using 19.0.56 and had the same thing! [WinKey]+[X] opened the menu all items clickable, but nothing happens. Disabling JRiver Shell Extension and then restarting MC didn't help. Reenabling JRiver Shell Extension and restarting MC did.

leezer3:
Reproduces here too :)

You also appear to have a related & possibly critical bug in the MC17 subforum:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=84485.0

I don't know what you want to do with a superseded version, but having the potential to completely kill Explorer with no warning is not good....

-Leezer-

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