Windows Media Center - Change Background

How to Change Windows 7 Media Center Background
Published 06 Aug 2009

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rsvr85

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How to Change Windows 7 Media Center Background

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If you're bored of Windows default WMC background, there is a way of changing it!

Windows Media Center is not available in the Windows 7 Starter and Windows 7 Home Basic editions.

Note

Please make a backup copy of ehres.dll

This tip is surprisingly easy to pull-off too!!

1. First up you'll need to take ownership of ehres.dll located @ A:\Windows\ehome.

2. Make a copy of ehres.dll on the desktop and name it ehres BACKUP.dll

3. Download restorator 2007, run the program and use it to open ehres.dll (A:\Windows\ehome)

4. Once you have ehres.dll open in the left hand pane, navigate to; RCData\COMMON.ANIMATED.BACKGROUND.PNG

5. Right click on COMMON.ANIMATED.BACKGROUND.PNG and go to extract...>extract as "COMMON.ANIMATED.BACKGROUND.PNG"

Save the .png to the desktop and name it common.animated.background.png

6. Right click again but this time go to Assign...>Assign To...

Choose your preferred background (must be .png) any resolution is OK.

7. Save ehres.dll and close restorator.

8. Create a new folder on the desktop named WMC Backup, put the ehres BACKUP.dll and common.animated.background.png into it, store it somewhere safe!

Open up WMC to see your new background.

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16 Aug 2009	#1
onlytanmoy	lovely...thanks bro.
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17 Aug 2009	#2
rsvr85	You're welcome onlytanmoy
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11 Jun 2012	#3
ankur850	i already know this trick really but helpful for beginners.
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