MCE 2005 crash

External Since: Sep 16, 2005 Posts: 6

Your Idea was the only one that worked for me thank you very much.No other
suggestion worked you should be a microsoft MVP LOL

Joe Ashley

"jamidian" wrote:

> Thanks Nate, I tried your idea and it did not worked at first. However, it
> gave me another idea and it worked! Like everyone my MCE crashed when I
> selected "My pictures". However, if I created another account or boot up in
> safe mode, I had no problem with "My pictures". Using your idea I created an
> account, copied the "MRU" string form the new account and pasted it into my
> old account. Voila! Like you said I have use registry cleaner and more then
> likely deleted the "MRUs" values. Thanks to all you for helping all of us.
> --
> Jamidian
>
>
> "Nate" wrote:
>
> > Just so somebody with an "MVP" designation doesn't try to do this first, let
> > me explain what happened so you can avoid this problem in the future.
> >
> > In Media Center 2005, when you select Pictures, TV, etc... there's the
> > little menu animation that shows you your most recent used items, or MRUs.
> > Most registry "cleaners" and other programs like Ad-Aware will remove these
> > entries from the registry. In most instances this is benign but in this
> > specific instance, that little menu animation calls entries in the MRU of My
> > Pictures to display the pictures. The MRUs are indexed as "MRU #0, MRU #1,
> > MRU #2 and so on. The value I had you change is what media center calls to
> > look for what files is should put in that menu animation. Since the registry
> > "cleaning" program removed the MRUs, media center looks at a value in the
> > registry that no longer exists, and crashes.
> >
> > Solution: Don't run registry cleaning programs. They aren't aware of Media
> > Center specific registry keys.
> >
> > -Nate
> >
> >
> > "Greg" wrote:
> >
> > > I have had this problem for many weeks. Your registry fix WORKED!!! Thank
> > > you very much.
> > >
> > > "Nate" <Nate.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:C75EDA8C-234D-4825-AD93-D725E04F09C3@microsoft.com...
> > > > Found It!
> > > >
> > > > Open registry editor and go to the following string:
> > > >
> > > > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media
> > > > Center\MRU\PicturesMRU
> > > >
> > > > change the value of "Sort String" to 0
> > > >
> > > > Somebody who is having this problem, please post here if this fix works
> > > > for
> > > > you.
> > > >
> > > > -Nate
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Nate" wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Greg, the real problem here is that nobody has a real answer. I have the
> > > >> same problem and from what I've seen at thegreenbutton.com, this problem
> > > >> originates from registry cleaner apps. What we need here is the registry
> > > >> key
> > > >> or keys that were deleted. If anybody knows more about this issue,
> > > >> please
> > > >> post here. Reinstalling the OS is NEVER a fix, just a guaranteed way to
> > > >> make
> > > >> something work without knowing what was wrong. It's the way to fix
> > > >> things if
> > > >> you don't know what you are doing. With XP, there is always a way to fix
> > > >> it.
> > > >> We need a reply from somebody with real experience. Lots of the MVPs on
> > > >> here are a joke.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> "Greg" wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> > On the Media Center start page, as soon as the mouse pointer touches
> > > >> > "My
> > > >> > Pictures", a crash report is generated and then Media Center shuts
> > > >> > down.
> > > >> > Here is the info in the "C:\Windows\eHome\ehshell.crash" file
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Unhandled Exception - 3/4/2005 8:20:25 PM
> > > >> > Message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
> > > >> > Exception:
> > > >> > System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance
> > > >> > of an
> > > >> > object.
> > > >> > at
> > > >> > ServiceBus.UIFramework.CPicturesSPExperience.FinishTaskOnBGThread()
> > > >> > at ServiceBus.UIFramework.GetNumItems.Run()
> > > >> > at ServiceBus.UIFramework.EhTask.RunTask()
> > > >> > at ServiceBus.UIFramework.EhTaskScheduler.RunTask(EhTask task)
> > > >> > at ServiceBus.UIFramework.EhTaskScheduler.SchedulingThreadTaskLoop()
> > > >> > at ServiceBus.UIFramework.EhTaskScheduler.SchedulingThread()
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > >
> > >
> > >

External Since: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 2

Nate:

You sound like you know what you're doing. Can you help with an intermittant
sound problem? Please look at the message thread "no sound with live tv".
Thanks.

"Nate" wrote:

> Just so somebody with an "MVP" designation doesn't try to do this first, let
> me explain what happened so you can avoid this problem in the future.
>
> In Media Center 2005, when you select Pictures, TV, etc... there's the
> little menu animation that shows you your most recent used items, or MRUs.
> Most registry "cleaners" and other programs like Ad-Aware will remove these
> entries from the registry. In most instances this is benign but in this
> specific instance, that little menu animation calls entries in the MRU of My
> Pictures to display the pictures. The MRUs are indexed as "MRU #0, MRU #1,
> MRU #2 and so on. The value I had you change is what media center calls to
> look for what files is should put in that menu animation. Since the registry
> "cleaning" program removed the MRUs, media center looks at a value in the
> registry that no longer exists, and crashes.
>
> Solution: Don't run registry cleaning programs. They aren't aware of Media
> Center specific registry keys.
>
> -Nate
>
>
> "Greg" wrote:
>
> > I have had this problem for many weeks. Your registry fix WORKED!!! Thank
> > you very much.
> >
> > "Nate" <Nate RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:C75EDA8C-234D-4825-AD93-D725E04F09C3@microsoft.com...
> > > Found It!
> > >
> > > Open registry editor and go to the following string:
> > >
> > > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media
> > > Center\MRU\PicturesMRU
> > >
> > > change the value of "Sort String" to 0
> > >
> > > Somebody who is having this problem, please post here if this fix works
> > > for
> > > you.
> > >
> > > -Nate
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Nate" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Greg, the real problem here is that nobody has a real answer. I have the
> > >> same problem and from what I've seen at thegreenbutton.com, this problem
> > >> originates from registry cleaner apps. What we need here is the registry
> > >> key
> > >> or keys that were deleted. If anybody knows more about this issue,
> > >> please
> > >> post here. Reinstalling the OS is NEVER a fix, just a guaranteed way to
> > >> make
> > >> something work without knowing what was wrong. It's the way to fix
> > >> things if
> > >> you don't know what you are doing. With XP, there is always a way to fix
> > >> it.
> > >> We need a reply from somebody with real experience. Lots of the MVPs on
> > >> here are a joke.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "Greg" wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > On the Media Center start page, as soon as the mouse pointer touches
> > >> > "My
> > >> > Pictures", a crash report is generated and then Media Center shuts
> > >> > down.
> > >> > Here is the info in the "C:\Windows\eHome\ehshell.crash" file
> > >> >
> > >> > Unhandled Exception - 3/4/2005 8:20:25 PM
> > >> > Message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
> > >> > Exception:
> > >> > System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance
> > >> > of an
> > >> > object.
> > >> > at
> > >> > ServiceBus.UIFramework.CPicturesSPExperience.FinishTaskOnBGThread()
> > >> > at ServiceBus.UIFramework.GetNumItems.Run()
> > >> > at ServiceBus.UIFramework.EhTask.RunTask()
> > >> > at ServiceBus.UIFramework.EhTaskScheduler.RunTask(EhTask task)
> > >> > at ServiceBus.UIFramework.EhTaskScheduler.SchedulingThreadTaskLoop()
> > >> > at ServiceBus.UIFramework.EhTaskScheduler.SchedulingThread()
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> >
> >
> >