Curse

Sketch_Says · Feb 26, 2011, 05:43 PM // 17:43

Hey, everyone,

OK, so my issue is more of a nuisance than a problem. Guild Wars is running fine for me on Windows 7 however; every time I launch the game, Windows Media Center launches in the background.

It doesn't seem to interfere with the gameplay but I just hate to take up unnecessary resources. I've never even used Windows Media Center so I have no idea how to modify its settings to stop this from happening. Anyone else have this issue?

wolfe faramir · Feb 26, 2011, 05:56 PM // 17:56

Check your guild wars shortcut for -mce. (Right click it and hit properties).Mine did that and removing -mce fixes it.

Mylina · Feb 26, 2011, 07:27 PM // 19:27

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Originally Posted by wolfe faramir

Check your guild wars shortcut for -mce. (Right click it and hit properties).Mine did that and removing -mce fixes it.

Yup, I had the same problems for some time, then looked somewhere on the internet to find the same solution. It worked.

Quaker · Feb 27, 2011, 03:54 PM // 15:54

If you are starting the game from the icon in the "Games" folder, you may have a hard time finding the "-mce". Instead, find the Guild Wars folder in either "C:\Program Files" or C:\Program Files (x86). In there, right-click on gw.exe and select Properties >> Send To >> Desktop (create shortcut).
That will create a regular desktop shortcut. Check the "Target" line in this shortcut for "-mce" - delete the -mce if it's there.

You may also be able to do this by starting Windows Media Center and removing Guild Wars fro a list of apps - but I'm not sure on this (and too lazy to check it out).

Sketch_Says · Feb 28, 2011, 06:15 AM // 06:15

That worked great. Thanks to all for the advice.