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Hi there,

CommSkip isn't working from the XBox 360 extender. How should I troubleshoot? It's the latest version of DVRMSToolbox, and this has worked in the past.

That's the crazy thing - there's no error message, it just doesn't work. I looked in the Event Log  (application) and ran Process Monitor to see if anything touched or tried to touch the c:\users\public\Dvrmstoolbox\commercialsxml directory while starting up and running the extender (nothing did).

 I did install for "Everyone".

Does the extender have a seperate list of enabled applications in the registry? Is there something I should look for in the DVRMSToolbox logs?

Cheers

Richard

That was it - it had been disabled! I feel like a spanner, but I've found a new piece of the Vista Media Center UI. For the next troubleshooting guide or someone seeing this from a search engine, check the following:

1. From the Extender (XBox 360 etc.) NOT the console, go to "Tasks", then "Settings", click OK.
2. Choose "General', click OK.
3. Choose "Program Library Options" then OK.
4. Scroll down to the text labelled "Edit Program Library". Click OK.
   
5. Check "Media Center Commercial Skip", then choose "Save".
6. Choose "Save" at the "Program Library Options" screen.
7. Go to the main menu. From "Tasks" choose "Close".
8. Restart your Extender session.
   

Thanks for updating the thread with the solution.