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by burchis
Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:01 pm
Forum: Plugin Support
Topic: Microsoft MCE Remote - Vista and newer
Replies: 293
Views: 120373

Re: Microsoft MCE Remote - Vista and newer

as crazy as this sounds and i am sure you may have read it already...


uninstall the service (you have to run eg as admin)


uninstall all of the drivers for the remote.

anything labeled with the ehome as well as anything labeled with USBCIR

do this from device manager without unplugging your ...
by burchis
Thu Oct 09, 2014 2:23 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: Help needed with MCE plugin using Windows 8.1
Replies: 2
Views: 1841

Help needed with MCE plugin using Windows 8.1

I have successfully been using MCE plugin under windows 7 for years. Recently purchased a laptop with windows 8.1 and installed EG to make a portable HTPC for my camper. I have loaded the latest version of MCE plugin v1.1.1 and it sees all of the remote commands. My problem is how to I disable the ...
by burchis
Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:03 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: Question about HID service
Replies: 0
Views: 1950

Question about HID service

I installed the old Microsoft MCE Remote and followed the steps to disable HID service as recommended. I now wish to remove this plug-in and install the newer Microsoft MCE Remote- Vista/Win7 plug-in. It's easy enough to remove the old and install the new but do I need to re-enable the HID service ...
by burchis
Thu Feb 06, 2014 11:30 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: EG not started on system startup
Replies: 3
Views: 1898

EG not started on system startup

I am running Windows 7 Pro and not having any luck getting EG to auto start. The program shortcut is in the start folder and the folder properties list the correct path to start the program. MSConfig shows that EG is supposed to start but it doesn't. If I manually start it all is well but everytime ...
by burchis
Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:46 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: Looking for fewest lines of code to reach goal
Replies: 4
Views: 1516

Re: Looking for fewest lines of code to reach goal

I guess I will have to learn Python programming to achieve what I want to do. Are there any tutorials for first timers wanting to learn this language?
by burchis
Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:47 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: Looking for fewest lines of code to reach goal
Replies: 4
Views: 1516

Looking for fewest lines of code to reach goal

I sometimes need two or three programs active at once. I dedicated three buttons on my remote, one for each of the three programs that I will use.

Button "A" opens program one
Button "B" opens program two
Button "C" opens program three

To switch focus between programs I want to press the ...