Windows media Center annoyance when I close GW...

cebalrai

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2007

Mature Gaming Association

Me/E

Recently, I bought a new Windows Vista Home Premium laptop. Whenever I close Guild Wars, Windows Media Center automatically opens for no reason. I didn't start it and I don't think I tampered with any settings on Windows Media Center.

Anyone know a way to block it from starting?

Funeral

Funeral

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2008

Gothenburg, Sweden

VILE

N/

Nope, but I got the same problem with Windows Media Center =/

Tarun

Tarun

Technician's Corner Moderator

Join Date: Jan 2006

The TARDIS

http://www.lunarsoft.net/ http://forums.lunarsoft.net/

Try...
Code:
"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\gw.exe" -mce
Start the client with Windows Media Center compatibility, switching the game to full screen and restarts Media Center (if available) after the client is closed.
It might resolve the issue, but don't quote me on it.

cebalrai

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2007

Mature Gaming Association

Me/E

Didnt help...

Brianna

Brianna

Insane & Inhumane

Join Date: Feb 2006

You sure? I suggested the the -mce switch was the culprit before to some guy and it fixed it.

Try removing, if at all the -mce command from the target.

cebalrai

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2007

Mature Gaming Association

Me/E

It's fixed now after deleting the -mce. Thanks.

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

Now that this is solved - is it the GW client detecting MCE and silently adding the -mce switch? Very odd behaviour, and I've seen this crop up several times in the forums.

Brianna

Brianna

Insane & Inhumane

Join Date: Feb 2006

I think so, the shortcut in my directory detected mce by default when I first installed Guild Wars on Vista, but since I always add my own targets ''-perf and -bmp'' I removed it - and I would have anyway because I am aware of what it does. Useless switch?

Either way, cheers, glad you got it fixed.

Argentino

Argentino

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

Gmt+1

N/

I found this topic by using the 'search' option.

I'm playing GW on my Vista laptop since august 2007.
In that period Windows Media Center never opened whenever i closed GW. But since a couple of days it does. I haven't changed any settings, not in GW or WMC.

I'm wondering if Anet knows about this so called problem (not really a problem - it's just very annoying). But on the official support on the GW website there isn't an answer for this problem...

Does any1 know more about this or how to get this out of the way?

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

I don't think it's totally a GW problem, just an MCE interaction problem. It's trying to be helpful, but failing.

Everytime my son turns on his PC or the 360 or the PS3 or one of the two laptops, I get MCE share requestors. Bloody thing.