No Play DVD Button...

[Darryl Licht]

OK, here is the situation... I have a media sharing setup at my home with 5 PCs running Win7 Media Center. I also have a similar setup running at a clients house with a total of 5 PCs. My client recently purchased a new Dell laptop and I cannot get it to play any of the shared movies (even if drop them onto its' HDD), nor will it play a DVD through Media Center.

Matter of fact there isnt even a "Play DVD" button when you enter the "Movies" section... Here is a screenie to show you all:

I have never seen this in any install of Win7, any ideas???

 

[BcSoceror55]

Thats interesting. I have not seen that before but I have just started using MCE. Have you looked at trying something like Media Center Studio Media Center Studio
Maybe you can re-enable the button? No idea if it will work or not but I have used media center studio to remove everything that I didn't want in MCE.

 

[Desslok]

I would try removing WMC, rebooting, and re-adding it.

 

[boohbah]

you could also try scannow
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html?ltr=S

 

[derekimo]

See if this post helps you out,

http://www.sevenforums.com/media-center/69251-no-play-dvd-icon-media-center.html#post612892

 

[Darryl Licht]

I would try removing WMC, rebooting, and re-adding it.

Desslok:

I realize that you were only trying to help, but you cannot do what you stated!

There is no way to remove WMC and reinstall it, that was the first thing I investigated... It is integrated into Win7. It doesnt even show up as an option under Control Panel --> Programs & Features --> Turn Windows Features On or Off

 

[derekimo]

I would try removing WMC, rebooting, and re-adding it.

Desslok:

I realize that you were only trying to help, but you cannot do what you stated!

There is no way to remove WMC and reinstall it, that was the first thing I investigated... It is integrated into Win7. It doesnt even show up as an option under Control Panel --> Programs & Features --> Turn Windows Features On or Off

Sure it does, expand media features and it's there.