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Windows Media Center - Play All Music - Create Shortcut

How to Create a Shortcut to Play All Music in Window Media Center
Published by Brink
12-04-2011
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How to Create a Shortcut to Play All Music in Window Media Center

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This will show you how to download or create a shortcut that will play all music from your music library in a shuffle in Windows Media Center.

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


EXAMPLE: Windows Media Center Playing All Music from Music Library
Windows Media Center - Play All Music - Create Shortcut-play-all-music.jpg



OPTION ONE

To Download the "Media Center - Play All Music" Shortcut
1. Click on the Download button below to download the file below.
Media_Center-Play_All_Music.zip
download
2. Click on Save, and save the .zip file to the desktop.

3. Open the .zip file and extract the Media Center - Play All Music shortcut to the desktop.

4. Right click on the Media Center - Play All Music shortcut, and click on Properties, General tab, and on the Unblock button.
NOTE: If you do not have a Unblock button under the General tab, then the shortcut is already unblocked and you can continue on to step 5.

5. You can now Pin to Taskbar or Pin to Start Menu this shortcut, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move it where you like for easy use.

6. When done, you can delete the downloaded .zip file on the desktop if you like, or save it to use again.







OPTION TWO

To Manually Create the "Media Center - Play All Music" Shortcut
1. Right click on a empty area on desktop, and click on New and Shortcut.

2. Copy and paste the location below into the location area, and click on the Next button. (see screenshot below)
%windir%\ehome\ehshell.exe /nostartupanimation /playallmusic
Windows Media Center - Play All Music - Create Shortcut-step1.jpg
3. Type Media Center - Play All Music for the name, and click on the Finish button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You can name this anything you would like though.
Windows Media Center - Play All Music - Create Shortcut-step2.jpg
4. You can now Pin to Taskbar or Pin to Start Menu this shortcut, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move it where you like for easy use.
That's it,
Shawn



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