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Donut212
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      07-26-2007
Hello everyone. My Windows Media Center automatically starts up after exiting
a PC game called Guild Wars when in Full-Screen mode. Does anyone know why
this happens or if it happens to them as well ? It only happens with Guild
Wars and no other game but Guild Wars. I play ALOT of PC Games such as City
of Heroes, World of WarCraft, etc. I play them all in Full-Screen mode
without a problem and when I exit these games Windows Media Center does not
start up which is fine, but when I finish playing Guild Wars it starts up
when I don't want it to. Is there a way to un-install Windows Media Center or
to disable it? If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in
advance for your help.
 
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dean-dean
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      07-26-2007
There may be a "command line argument" in the shortcut, you are using to
open Guild Wars . See:

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Command_line

Right-click the shortcut that does this, and choose Properties. Look In the
Target box. The -mce argument "Starts the client with Windows Media Center
compatibility, switching the game to full screen and restarts Media Center
(if available) after the client is closed." You can make a regular
shortcut, without arguments, by removing -mce in the target box.


"Donut212" <> wrote in message
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> Hello everyone. My Windows Media Center automatically starts up after
> exiting
> a PC game called Guild Wars when in Full-Screen mode. Does anyone know why
> this happens or if it happens to them as well ? It only happens with Guild
> Wars and no other game but Guild Wars. I play ALOT of PC Games such as
> City
> of Heroes, World of WarCraft, etc. I play them all in Full-Screen mode
> without a problem and when I exit these games Windows Media Center does
> not
> start up which is fine, but when I finish playing Guild Wars it starts up
> when I don't want it to. Is there a way to un-install Windows Media Center
> or
> to disable it? If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in
> advance for your help.


 
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