Discussion of getting WMC to work on Windows 10 (unsupported)
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WMC 8.8.5 MSI Installation Package for Win10/11
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garyan2 » Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:14 pm
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I am surprised no one has done this earlier, but I have created an MSI installation package for WMC 8.8.5. This package has a lot of benefits that we don't get from the zip package we have been using for quite a while. I have it working without issue on Win10 and Win11 for ATSC. You can download it...
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Fair. That link directly to the installation file was before I created the webpage.
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Last post by garyan2
Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:13 pm
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W7->W10 Upgrade: TV Setup Error- Tuner Drivers?
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Wheeker » Tue Mar 28, 2023 1:58 pm
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So I have always held-back on upgrading from W7 to W10 because I still use WMC. However once I realised @garyan2 had created a W10 WMC & that MS were still offering a free W7->W10 upgrade, I thought I would take the plunge. All seemed to go well, until the TV Setup & whereas usually I would get...
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Alternatively- would EPG123 (originally installed in W7 but then c/fwd in upgrade) interfere with TV Setup in W10?
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Last post by Wheeker
Tue Mar 28, 2023 4:54 pm
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WMC 8.9.1 Installation MSI Released
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garyan2 » Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:23 am
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I just released version 8.9.1 of the WMC installer for Win8.1/10/11. This version is based on both 8.8.5 and v13 by @technodevotee to perhaps give a better experience along with a couple fixes needed that I didn't know about until earlier this month.
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If your previous install is from the older zip file installs (8.8.5 and older from the folks at MDL), then you will have to use the uninstaller from that zip package to remove WMC.
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Last post by garyan2
Fri Mar 24, 2023 1:17 am
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Sound stopping and starting - GPU bottleneck?
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technodevotee » Mon Mar 06, 2023 1:51 pm
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Sorry about the length of this post but I need to give some background to the problem I am facing.
I have been using WMC since it came out and have run it on all sorts of PCs with very few issues. I have always found that it performs very well but I am somewhat stumped by what I encountered...
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I've been doing some more research on CPU-GPU matching to avoid bottlenecks and found a calculator on PC-Builds.com which seems to support what I've read so far.
It appears to confirm that an ideal match for my i9 10920X would be something like the AMD Radeo RX6700 xt, which can be had for about...
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Last post by technodevotee
Wed Mar 15, 2023 11:58 am
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copyright protection blocks viewing protected cable channels
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Mikeyboy » Tue Mar 07, 2023 4:18 pm
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Can’t watch cabletv recordings on same PC it’s recorded on. Just started this morning. Uninstalled WMC, rebooted, reinstalled WMC same issue. Any idea how to fix?
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It's been my understanding that Windows 10 (1511) was the last version of Windows that had all the necessary components to record and playback protected content.
Those that use that version use StopUpdates10 to lock it down.
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Last post by StinkyImp
Thu Mar 09, 2023 3:20 pm
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Remote control and ehtray with 8.8.4 and 1909
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bjm051593 » Thu Jan 02, 2020 4:20 am
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I just did a clean install of 8.8.4 on 1909 and it's working perfectly (so far ;)) except for one issue... I can't get the remote to work in Windows, it works fine in WMC. I noticed that ehtray.exe does not start by default - if I start it manually, the green button works to launch WMC but then if...
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problem resolved -- although ehshell with remote worked perfectly, it appeared that ehshell.exe did not fire up if green button on the remote was used to acheive the fire up
this was because the driver for the IR receiver was not initiated.
To initialise the Human Interface Device {HIM} it is...
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Last post by help-me-wmc
Fri Mar 03, 2023 2:55 pm
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Full screen lock-ups
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Haze » Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:49 pm
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Hi there,
Have been running 8.8.5 flawlessly on various machines for several years now; mucked about with all sorts of combinations of hardware and software and have never ever had a problem before. Until now...
Have been trying to set up a new little HTPC; a dead simple/basic build with a 12100...
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This definitely seems to be a problem with Intel UHD and drivers post 10th gen CPUs.
I have just bought a Z790 mobo and 13600 CPU and it's a rock solid full screen fault exactly as originally posted above.
I have 4 Z490 10600 cpus and they are faultless on W10 and W11 with MCE full screen.
The...
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Last post by dmcq
Thu Mar 02, 2023 5:54 pm
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Win10 WMC codecs - Intel UHD graphics issues
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harakan2 » Tue Feb 21, 2023 6:24 pm
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Is there a way to change WMC to use different codecs and/or disable hardware acceleration?
I have WMC10 running on a mini-PC using Intel integrated graphics (11th Gen Intel Core i5-11400H), mostly watching DVB-T2 HD or SD recorded TV (UK).
Using the originally-supplied Intel UHD Graphics driver...
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I can't add too much about the codecs, but in the past I found Shark007 able to correct some issues and add codec compatibility within WMC. It has (did?) some recommended settings specifically for WMC.
For the HDMI switching issue, I had the same problem a long time ago and found that you need to...
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Last post by garyan2
Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:34 pm
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DVBLogic with WMC10
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bittles420 » Sun May 28, 2017 3:37 pm
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Hi folks new here thanks for having me :) first I am running a windows 10 x64 machine with dvblogic 4.6.0 and have installed windows mce numerous versions now and even reset my PC to clean up the mess. What is happening is the dvblink sync in mce extra's does not always install for me...
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Hi all, I’m using dvblink for iptv v3 with w10 and it’s working very well. The only thing I can’t get working are the subtitles. I’ve tried a couple different codecs. No joy. Any one have any tips for me ?
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Last post by Jacoats
Mon Feb 13, 2023 4:13 pm
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Intermittent garbled sound on OTA (live and recordings) Windows 10
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Edgar_in_Indy » Sun Aug 29, 2021 6:40 pm
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I recently updated my living room HTPC from Windows 7 to Windows 10 (fresh install). Everything went pretty well, except that now I get intermittent, but frequent and sometimes persistent, garbled sound on OTA content.
I've searched online several times, and haven't been able to find a solution,...
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The problem came back and I never figured it out until just now. I finally fixed it by replacing my old nvidia 1050ti video card with an AMD RX 580. The 1050 ti worked fine in every other situation, so I guess it must have just been some strange interaction between WMC and my specific video card.
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Last post by Edgar_in_Indy
Mon Feb 13, 2023 4:47 am
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Black screen upon waking from sleep
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resarfekim » Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:15 pm
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If I let my computer sleep while WMC is on, on wake-up about half the time the screen will be blank and remote is unresponsive. Most of the time, I can hit the windows key and kill WMC, then everything is normal.
I'm running the latest WMC build, on Windows 11 (latest probably). (my PC is older and...
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I had this and found it was using the default MS graphics driver.
I installed the one from the card vendor and it fixed it.
Thanks for the tip. This apparently fixed my issue! :thumbup:
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Last post by resarfekim
Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:52 am
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WMC on Windows 11?
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1ST1 » Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:30 am
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Anybody out there already tested, if WMC would still run on Win 11?
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@Starflare5
did you have any luck?
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Last post by technodevotee
Mon Feb 06, 2023 2:18 pm
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4K Super Bowl LVII
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patrick0525 » Thu Feb 02, 2023 12:28 am
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In my configuration, this Super Bowl will be a significant milestone in digital TV broadcasting and W10 media center recording. Tonight’s proof of concept below indicates Fios is transmitting 4K on an experimental channel and is twice the network rate for a 1080i channel.
The amazing thing is that...
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Fox NFL Playoff games and the Super Bowl will be available in 4K through several Fox Sports distributors, including Altice Optimum, Comcast Xfinity, Cox Contour TV, DirecTV, Dish, FuboTV, Verizon FIOS and YouTube TV.
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Last post by patrick0525
Thu Feb 02, 2023 4:15 am
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Cable card tuners and HDHomeRun
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SpencerC » Sat Jul 30, 2022 3:09 am
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For those of us with a cable card tuner and Windows 10, we've all pretty much given up on WMC. I switched to the HDHomeRun DVR solution. The interface lacked many things that WMC had, that it was a hard switch for me. One of the biggest things it lacked was no grid guide. Over time the interface...
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Gary, the firmware is the tuner firmware. I updated the ota and cable card tuner to the latest firmware. SiliconDust solved my packet loss problem causing video and audio break-up. The new cat6/7 cables are incompatible with my 1gb Realtek nic. Once I returned to my previous cable everything worked...
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Last post by patrick0525
Thu Feb 02, 2023 12:35 am
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PlayReady Issues After Fresh install of Windows 10
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WINDOWSMCEIT » Tue Jan 24, 2023 12:24 am
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Hello everyone,
I am running a fresh install of WINDOWS 10 PRO X64 with WINDOWS MCE 8.9.0 and Playready 1.3.10 (Manually installed). The problem I am having is whenever i am prompted to update PLAYREADY it says it cannot connect
to the internet. Even though I have tried to turn off the WINDOWS...
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I guess I should note... if you are using WMC in Win10 for OTA, you don't need PlayReady at all. PlayReady is only for CableCARD users in the USA, and then you can only use CableCARDs on Win10 1511 or older.
OMG! This thread just resolved an issue I was having with random delayed start (0-50...
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Last post by jerryrigit
Sun Jan 29, 2023 3:49 am
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Stuck in 4:3 aspect. Can't get back to 16:9
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Mugsy » Sat Jan 28, 2023 1:25 am
I have a widescreen monitor with pivoting stand. While in pivot/portrait mode, I opened the WMC Guide and the window resized to fit the new screen width.
Back in normal Widescreen (landscape) mode, WMC is stuck in a 4 : 3 window. Resizing by width also resizes by height so it remains stuck in 4 :...
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Last post by Mugsy
Sat Jan 28, 2023 1:25 am
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Windows 8.1, Still getting Update Playready
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MarkGSD » Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:16 am
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I’ve have downloaded and installed the files from Gary’s wonderful page for my Windows 8.1 system: Windows Media Center, Digital Cable Advisor, Playready 1.3.0, and resetDRM.
When trying to view cable channels with my HDHomeRun PRIME which has a Technicolor/Cisco cable card, I was getting the...
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Thanks for the tip. However when I go to Settings>General>Windows Media Center Setup, it's not one of the choices listed. There's no mention of PlayReady. It's the WMC version 8.9.0 that I downloaded from your fantastic website. Thank you so much for all you do!
I do wish that someone could modify...
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Last post by MarkGSD
Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:39 am
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WMC on ARM64?
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wmcLover45 » Sun Jan 08, 2023 10:11 am
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Hey there. Was wondering if anyone has been able to get WMC to work on ARM64. It installs fine, but when you launch it, it runs and then crashes after 5-10 seconds.
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There's a good write up about this topic on Techchradar here: although its a bit old now, given that WMC is unsupported I don't expect MS will invest any time ensuring that it works on ARM.
Here's an extract:
The state of 64-bit emulation
The way Windows emulates x86 applications in software on...
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Last post by technodevotee
Wed Jan 11, 2023 8:29 am
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new theme
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sebas197422 » Thu Apr 28, 2022 5:02 pm
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here i made a new theme :
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Screenshot (33).png It's my new made theme for windows 11 even the cursor is on top of it ! Screenshot (31).png
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Sun Jan 08, 2023 7:40 pm
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Strange interlacing on playback
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n4mwd » Thu Jan 05, 2023 5:50 am
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I just installed WMC for 11 and EPG123 on a new Win 11 computer (thanks GaRyan2). The installation took some time, but it seems (mostly) flawless so far.
The only issue that I am having is that live and video playback is interlaced for some reason. I took a closer look at one of the files that I...
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The main problem is that the problem happens only with WTV files which are rebranded MPEG2 files and the source is not interlaced to start with. The box plays youtube, mpeg1, and mov files just fine. But only VLC can properly play the WTV files.
When I first got the win 11 box to come up, and did...
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Last post by n4mwd
Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:45 am
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Latest win 11 update destroys WMC
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n4mwd » Thu Jan 05, 2023 4:45 pm
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I spent a good bit of time last night on this new win 11 box getting WMC installed with EPG123. The install went smooth (Thanks GaRyan). Then a windows update came in this morning and trashed WMC. The guide data and program scheduling was wiped clean. WMC required that I go through the setup again...
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Update: The EPGTransfer program worked perfectly. Thanks.
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I had hit the backup button in epg123 last night, but that may have been before I actually scheduled anything. The restore button fixed the epg itself, but not the schedule.
I examined the latest EPG123 backup .ZIP file and then...
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Last post by n4mwd
Thu Jan 05, 2023 5:33 pm
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Ceton PCIe and network tuner
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jriker1 » Thu Dec 29, 2022 1:29 pm
I am doing something that I guess is overly complex, trying to setup a Ceton InfiniTV 4 in a brand new Ryzen 7950x rack mount unit. Will have Windows 2022 Server installed and Hyper-V. Long story short, I have been able to get it working with a virtual of Windows 7 as a network tuner. Everything...
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Last post by jriker1
Thu Dec 29, 2022 1:29 pm
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Cable Card setup?
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sjlcjl » Wed Dec 07, 2022 4:10 am
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I've read a bunch of threads here and looked a bunch of different installers...
Some say nothing works past 15xx and others say it works just great...
I've been a WMC user since it first came out and I'm tired of using old hardware..
Is there a way to get fully functional WMC on Win 10/11 and me...
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There's a bunch of Media Center tasks to do with OCUR in Task Scheduler.
I am certain that both Playready and WMDRM play a role in this functionality though.
I assume you have perused the threads here:
There was a whole load of work done on this topic back in the mists of time over on MDL that...
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Last post by technodevotee
Thu Dec 29, 2022 7:38 am
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Last post by technodevotee
Wed Dec 28, 2022 10:15 am
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"The app you are trying to install isn't a verified app" Pops up when I try to open WMC
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caliskier » Wed Dec 28, 2022 1:10 am
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The app you are trying to install isn't a verified app Pops up when I try to open WMC. I can select install anyway and it will open WMC, but its annoying. I am not installing anything, just trying to open already installed WMC. Do you know how to kill this popup?
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Which WMC for Win10 did you install?
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Wed Dec 28, 2022 2:30 am
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