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Author Topic: Delay Media Server on Windows startup?  (Read 1827 times)

mdav

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Delay Media Server on Windows startup?
« on: January 26, 2015, 08:33:24 am »

I have set Media Server to run on Windows startup, but most of the time that doesn't work. I think it's because I have a wireless network and Media Server tries to connect before the network connection is established. It works when I press retry. Is there some way to delay the startup of Media Server?
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Re: Delay Media Server on Windows startup?
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2015, 09:13:29 am »

You could make a batch file to start Media Server with a delay.

timeout /t 10 /nobreak
"C:\Program Files (x86)\J River\Media Center 20\Media Center 20.exe" /Boot

And put the batch file here in the Registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
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Re: Delay Media Server on Windows startup?
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2015, 09:18:58 am »

Thank you, will try that!
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Re: Delay Media Server on Windows startup?
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2015, 02:04:33 pm »

Not sure how to do it in the registry. Should I import the xx.bat file into registry? I have tried, but the the registry says it's not a valid file. Or should I change the Media Center 20 string that's already there?
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Re: Delay Media Server on Windows startup?
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2015, 11:07:13 am »

Put the batch file location in the registry. Or you can just drag it into the startup folder in the start menu.
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