{"id":5679,"date":"2015-10-11T11:38:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T06:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/?p=5679"},"modified":"2023-08-11T18:57:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:27:31","slug":"install-windows-media-center-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/install-windows-media-center-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Windows Media Center on Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Windows 10 media center &#8211; Learn how to get Windows media center on Windows 10 PC? Here&#8217;s how to download windows media center for Windows 10 and install Windows media center on Windows 10 computer<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the most used programs in Windows operating system is the <strong>Windows Media Center<\/strong>. If you want to convert your computer into a media box, you can install Windows Media center on it. Windows Media Center was first seen with Windows XP and is the complete media suite for Windows computers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The software is available for all versions of Windows operating systems like Windows XP, Windows Vista, <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/category\/windows-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 7<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/category\/windows-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 8<\/a>. But unfortunately, Windows media center is not the part of Windows 10 operating system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-windows-media-center-windows-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5680\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-windows-media-center-windows-10.png\" alt=\"install windows media center windows 10\" width=\"800\" height=\"471\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-windows-media-center-windows-10.png 800w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-windows-media-center-windows-10-150x88.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-windows-media-center-windows-10-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-windows-media-center-windows-10-660x389.png 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Are you missing Windows Media Center on Windows 10 PC? If \u201cYes\u201d then you would be happy to know that a simple Windows Media Center hack is now available which will help you to run <strong>Windows Media Center on Windows 10<\/strong> Computer. Follow the below-mentioned tutorial in order to install Windows media center on Windows 10 computer:<\/p>\n<div style=\"; border: 1px solid #39B54A; border-radius: 10px; padding: 15px 10px 0px 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\"><strong>Related tips you might like \u00bb\u00bb<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/customize-windows-10-taskbar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top 10 Methods to Customize Windows 10 Taskbar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/fix-windows-10-printer-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top 3 Methods to Fix Windows 10 Printer Problems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/make-windows-10-run-faster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top 8 Methods to make Windows 10 Run Faster<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/create-windows-10-system-image-backup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Create a System Image Backup in Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/make-windows-10-start-menu-open-faster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top 3 Methods to Make Windows 10 Start Menu Open Faster<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/open-specific-windows-10-settings-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Open Specific Settings Page Directly In Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/install-windows-media-center-windows-10\/#Windows_Media_Center_for_Windows_10\" title=\"Windows Media Center for Windows 10\">Windows Media Center for Windows 10<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/install-windows-media-center-windows-10\/#How_to_Install_Windows_Media_Center_on_Windows_10\" title=\"How to Install Windows Media Center on Windows 10\">How to Install Windows Media Center on Windows 10<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/install-windows-media-center-windows-10\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Windows_Media_Center_for_Windows_10\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Windows Media Center for Windows 10<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you have used Windows 8 or <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/category\/windows-8-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 8.1<\/a> operating system on your PC in the past you might know that there was no Windows Media Center available within the operating system. Users had to download the software and install it on the machine in order to use it as Microsoft had developed Windows Media Center for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 PC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you were using <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/category\/windows-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 7<\/a> ultimate edition, you might know that there was Windows Media center already present in the operating system however if you have upgraded to Windows 10 from 7 Ultimate edition, the software got removed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you have <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/how-to-install-windows-10-on-your-computer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">installed Windows 10<\/a> on your PC or <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/upgrade-to-windows-10-from-windows-7-or-windows-8-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upgraded to Windows 10<\/a> from previous versions of Windows you won\u2019t find Windows Media Center preinstalled on your operating system because Microsoft killed this application. There is no official version of Windows Media center available for Windows 10 operating system.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Install_Windows_Media_Center_on_Windows_10\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">How to Install Windows Media Center on Windows 10<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With each version of Windows Operating system, Microsoft removes and adds some interesting features to its operating system. And in Windows 10, Media center was removed. However, there is still one way to get <strong>Windows Media center for Windows 10<\/strong>. You can follow the easy guide shared below as it will help you to download Windows Media Center and install it on your Windows 10 PC:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (1):<\/strong> The first thing which you need to do is download Windows Media Center. Download the Zip file\u00a0from here \u2192 WindowsMediaCenter_10.0.10134.0.zip<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (2):<\/strong> Once you have downloaded the file, extract it on your computer. We suggest you to keep it on your desktop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/windows-10-media-center-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5690\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/windows-10-media-center-.jpg\" alt=\"windows-10-media-center \" width=\"786\" height=\"478\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/windows-10-media-center-.jpg 786w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/windows-10-media-center--150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/windows-10-media-center--300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/windows-10-media-center--660x401.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (3):<\/strong> Now open the extracted folder where you will find few files. Here you have to open <strong>_TestRights.cmd<\/strong> by right-clicking on it and selecting <strong>Run as Administrator<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (4):<\/strong> Opening this file will open a command Window on your computer. You will see some operations being performed on the command window. Let them work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (5):<\/strong> Once the processes have been completed, you need to <strong>restart<\/strong> your computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (6):<\/strong> Once your computer is restarted you have to go to the same folder. This time from the folder, you have to open <strong>Installer.cmd<\/strong> file by right-clicking on it and selecting <strong>Run as Administrator<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (7):<\/strong> This will start the installation process of Windows 10 Media center on your computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (8):<\/strong> Within a few minutes Windows 10 media center installation will be completed and you will be able to use it on your PC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (9):<\/strong>\u00a0Once done, open the <strong>Start menu<\/strong> and then enter <strong>Media Center<\/strong> in the search bar. Now, you are ready to use Windows Media center app on your PC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-windows-media-center-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5689\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-windows-media-center-.jpg\" alt=\"install-windows-media-center \" width=\"321\" height=\"453\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-windows-media-center-.jpg 392w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-windows-media-center--106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/install-windows-media-center--213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is how to get back the Windows media center on Windows 10. The method which we have shared to install Windows Media center is one of the safest and easiest methods which you can try.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\"><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/span> While using this <strong>Windows 10 media center<\/strong> you might come across a few bugs or glitches as few people have experience errors after using this media center. The project is still in development stage, so you have to use it on your own risk.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Conclusion<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We hope this guide of how to get windows media center on Windows 10 will definitely help you in downloading and installing Windows Media Center on your PC. The project is still in development stage so you might experience some bugs and issues. We hope that all the bugs are fixed by the developer and a stable build of this software is launched soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are having any problems in <strong>installing Windows Media center<\/strong> on Windows 10 then you can use the comments section present below to clear your doubts. We would be happy to help you. Also, feel free to share with us \u2013 if you have any other way to install Windows media center on <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/category\/windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 10<\/a> PC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\"><strong>Read next:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/reset-windows-10-pc-using-reset-this-pc-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Reset Windows 10 PC [Step by Step Guide]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 10 media center &#8211; Learn how to get Windows media center on Windows 10 PC? 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