mcupdate guide download only

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mcupdate guide download only

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I'm using Win 7 Media Center (and still loving it!), but as MS are no longer developing this software, I now would like just to download the guide daily and not do the other checks for new packages (there won't be any).

The tool that does this (mcupdate) is not documented very well at all. On my system, the scheduled task runs the following;

mcupdate -crl -hms -pscn 15

I believe -crl checks for any new packages, but does this also do a guide download? Ideally, I'd just like to know the switch that downloads the guide. Can anyone help?

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Answer 1

Hello,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community Forum.

If you wish to download the mcupdate guide, you may try to run the mcupdate.exe file at the following location: C:\windows\ehome\mcupdate.exe.

The Mcupdate scheduled task downloads the following data packages. These data packages are used by Windows Media Center in Windows 7.

Directory Service: The Directory Service package lists the packages that are available in a region. The Directory Service package also provides information about how to obtain packages, about how frequently to download packages, and about when to download packages.
Client Update: The Client Update package contains updated regional information.
Sports (United States & Canada Only): The Sports package contains information about sporting events. This information is integrated with other Electronic Program Guide (EPG) information.
Net TV (United States only): The Net TV package contains information about videos that are available on demand.
MCESpotlight: This package contains information about Online Spotlight applications that are available.

You may also refer to the following switches with their definitions:

mcupdate.exe –MediaCenterRecoveryTask : brings TV setup back to factory default.
mcupdate –uf : forces a new package to be downloaded.
mcupdate.exe -uf -pscn0 –dbgc : full guide to update & clean database.

Hope this information is helpful. Please feel free to reply, in case you face any other issues with Windows in future. We'll be glad to assist you again.

Answer 2

Hi,

I am having all type of issues trying to get my windows media center to just complete the setup.

My main issue out of many, is that the center crashes whenever I try to set it up. Here is my crash report.

I cant even get past the internet connection setup. I have tried all the commands above and they all crash the moment I try to do anything with mcupdate

I have tried to remove and add features more than 30 times. Deleted the ehome folder more than 30 times.

Description:

Stopped working

Problem signature:

Problem Event Name: CLR20r3

Problem Signature 01: ehshell.exe

Problem Signature 02: 6.1.7600.16385

Problem Signature 03: 4a5bd053

Problem Signature 04: System

Problem Signature 05: 2.0.0.0

Problem Signature 06: 53a12529

Problem Signature 07: 1b38

Problem Signature 08: 8

Problem Signature 09: System.UriFormatException

OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1

Locale ID: 1033

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Any help to get this running again would be great! Thanks!

Answer 3

Fixed!

Updated the JAVA and then

Please people check your PROXY server settings on your machine.

MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE

PROXY SERVER

USE A PROXY SERVER FOR YOUR LAN

(NO CHECK) If there is a check, remove it! Restart the machine and you will be good to go.

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