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Title: Quit MC from Theater View?
Post by: lpr on July 26, 2005, 11:30:55 pm

Hello,

Is it possible to quit the Media Center application from inside Theater View.

Thanks for your time.

Title: Re: Quit MC from Theater View?
Post by: modelmaker on July 27, 2005, 01:28:03 am

other than ctrl/alt/delete, I don't think so.

Title: Re: Quit MC from Theater View?
Post by: Cmagic on July 27, 2005, 07:07:35 am

Hi lpr,

In fact you can add a button in theater view to do just that.
- Go to Options / Theater View
- in "Item to show" click 'Add / Custom Item...'
- Give a name to your button: "Switch off"
- chose type 'Program'
- in parameter enter the following : shutdown -s

You should now have a new "Switch off" button in Theater view  :)

There are more options for the shutdown command as can be seen here: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/shutdown.mspx

Hope it helps.

have a good day,

Christian

Title: Re: Quit MC from Theater View?
Post by: lpr on July 27, 2005, 09:50:58 am

Thanks Cmagic,

That will be usefull, I'll create a shutdown button with that...

What I was initially looking for, was a "quit" button. Something that would emulate ALT+F4.

Later.

Title: Re: Quit MC from Theater View?
Post by: bbrip on July 27, 2005, 04:40:10 pm

ALT+F4 does not seem to work the way described if assigned to  Theater View Button. Am I doing something wrong?

Title: Re: Quit MC from Theater View?
Post by: modelmaker on July 27, 2005, 10:37:57 pm

Since I haven't played around with Theater View enough, I'm going to refrain from adding my 2 cents on this topic for now! :-[

Title: Re: Quit MC from Theater View?
Post by: lpr on July 28, 2005, 09:53:59 pm

There must be a way to do this..? I'm trying to run MC in Theater View from MCE 2005. I need to find a way to exit the application with Microsoft's remote to return to the MCE interface.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Quit MC from Theater View?
Post by: Cmagic on July 29, 2005, 12:52:28 am

lpr,

Quote from: lpr on July 27, 2005, 09:50:58 am

What I was initially looking for, was a "quit" button. Something that would emulate ALT+F4.

Well, it seems like I did not got it right ! Anyway, using the procedure I described earlier to add a Program button just replace the parameter string by this one : mc11.exe /Power. Assuming you are using the latest build of MC11 this will do want you want: exit from MC.

Hope this helps.

C.

Title: Re: Quit MC from Theater View?
Post by: lpr on July 29, 2005, 08:30:52 am

Yes, it works!

Thanks Cmagic, this is exactly what I was looking for.  :D

Thanks again.
lpr

Title: Re: Quit MC from Theater View?
Post by: sdph on December 17, 2005, 03:21:14 pm

I found this topic after a search, and it was just what I was looking for.

Now, is it possible to add a button to Theater View that will bring MCE back into focus (maximized), either with or without closing MC?  Any help would be appreciated (I am trying to increase the spousal approval rating).

Thanks