Vista Media Center Application Failure

[ryanstokes]

Hello,

I keep getting the following error message everytime I go to LIVE TV, RECORDED PROGRAMS, or GUIDE on my Vista Home Premium Media Center.

"Application Failure - A critical Windows Media Center process has failed.
Please restart the computer and try again.

Then it goes on about contacting the hardwarre manu. for assistance."

I have tried rebooting... I tried resetting the program up (which is what my hardware people reccomended) not sure what else I can do? Any ideas?

I do not want to reformat my computer as there is tons of data on it that would take weeks to get back.

I am gettin the same error and can't seem to find any help anywhere

"ryanstokes" wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I keep getting the following error message everytime I go to LIVE TV,
> RECORDED PROGRAMS, or GUIDE on my Vista Home Premium Media Center.
>
> "Application Failure - A critical Windows Media Center process has
> failed.
> Please restart the computer and try again.
>
> Then it goes on about contacting the hardwarre manu. for assistance."
>
> I have tried rebooting... I tried resetting the program up (which is
> what my hardware people reccomended) not sure what else I can do? Any
> ideas?
>
> I do not want to reformat my computer as there is tons of data on it
> that would take weeks to get back.
>
>
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Im getting the same message. The annoying thing is that the
programme appears to work absoloubtley fine for a few minutes before
it starts to play up.

it has also crashed and given this as problem details.

Description:
Stopped working

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: ehshell.exe
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386
Problem Signature 03: 4549b55e
Problem Signature 04: ehshell
Problem Signature 05: 6.0.6000.0
Problem Signature 06: 46428313
Problem Signature 07: 4fa7
Problem Signature 08: 7
Problem Signature 09: PSZQOADHX1U5ZAHBHOHGHLDGIY4QIXHX
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057


Any ideas?

On 30 Oct, 13:35, ryanstokes <ryanstokes.2z9...@DoNotSpam.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I keep getting the followingerrormessage everytime I go to LIVE TV,
> RECORDED PROGRAMS, or GUIDE on myVistaHome PremiumMediaCenter.
>
> "ApplicationFailure - AcriticalWindowsMediaCenterprocess has
> failed.
> Please restart the computer and try again.
>
> Then it goes on about contacting the hardwarre manu. for assistance."
>
> I have tried rebooting... I tried resetting the program up (which is
> what my hardware people reccomended) not sure what else I can do? Any
> ideas?
>
> I do not want to reformat my computer as there is tons of data on it
> that would take weeks to get back.
>
> --
> ryanstokes
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ryanstokes's Profile:http://forums.techarena.in/members/34021.htm
> View this thread:Vista Media Center Application Failure
>
> http://forums.techarena.in

Hi Ryan

I have just had some success with exactly the same problem on Vista
Home Premium. A friend read somewhere a similar problem with a corrupt
media data store in XP. All I did was rename the
mediacenterdatastore.db found under C:\Program Data\Microsoft\Ehome to
something else (i actuall added old to the name but it doesnt matter
in retrospect you could probably delete it). I then rebooted the PC
launched media centre and all solved!

By the way if you cant see this folder you have to turn on view hidden
folders in control panel folder options. Hope that helps and its in
time to sort you out.. have fun!

Kind Regards

Andy

Hi Andy,
Afraid your solution didn't work for me. Media Center seems to be unable to
download the TV Programme Guide, so unsure where the problem lies.

"andy.denahy@ntlworld.com" wrote:

> On 30 Oct, 13:35, ryanstokes <ryanstokes.2z9...@DoNotSpam.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I keep getting the followingerrormessage everytime I go to LIVE TV,
> > RECORDED PROGRAMS, or GUIDE on myVistaHome PremiumMediaCenter.
> >
> > "ApplicationFailure - AcriticalWindowsMediaCenterprocess has
> > failed.
> > Please restart the computer and try again.
> >
> > Then it goes on about contacting the hardwarre manu. for assistance."
> >
> > I have tried rebooting... I tried resetting the program up (which is
> > what my hardware people reccomended) not sure what else I can do? Any
> > ideas?
> >
> > I do not want to reformat my computer as there is tons of data on it
> > that would take weeks to get back.
> >
> > --
> > ryanstokes
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ryanstokes's Profile:http://forums.techarena.in/members/34021.htm
> > View this thread:Vista Media Center Application Failure
> >
> > http://forums.techarena.in
>
> Hi Ryan
>
> I have just had some success with exactly the same problem on Vista
> Home Premium. A friend read somewhere a similar problem with a corrupt
> media data store in XP. All I did was rename the
> mediacenterdatastore.db found under C:\Program Data\Microsoft\Ehome to
> something else (i actuall added old to the name but it doesnt matter
> in retrospect you could probably delete it). I then rebooted the PC
> launched media centre and all solved!
>
> By the way if you cant see this folder you have to turn on view hidden
> folders in control panel folder options. Hope that helps and its in
> time to sort you out.. have fun!
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Andy
>
>