lachape_one wrote:Here is how to fix the issue: you'll have to replace msvidctl.dll april creator's version by the fall creators one, and everything's work fine again. WMC can stay alive after April 30 !
Thanks to MVP @PinpointTownes for the tip !
More details (in French):
https://www.windowsmediacenter.fr/2018/ ... ent-faire/
Easier way instead of messing with permissions...
Nice find who ever found it...good link, you can download the replacement one. Direct link here
https://www.windowsmediacenter.fr/wp-co ... VidCtl.zip
Extract the file and you will be provided with the MSVidCtl.dll that the one in C:\Windows\system32 needs to be replaced.
You will find you cant delete or overwrite the file (MSVidCtl.dll) so go into your Windows 10 WMC installer, open Test rights... This should bring you to a command prompt.
Type in
CD C:\windows\system32
del MSVidCtl.dll
You should be back at a command prompt.
This will give you the permissions and delete the old file (be careful with this program, not used right it could cause a lot of damage to your system).
Now go to where you extracted the replacement file.... Now just manually open Windows Explorer, and copy the replacement file and paste it in c:\windows\system32. If all is done right, you can open WMC and try to play a recorded show and it should play.
Took a whole 35 seconds for me.. I had the error, I closed WMC, replaced the file, opened WMC and recorded shows played fine.
Cool, WMC on WIndows 10 is NOT DEAD YET !
If anyone is still editing WMC installers, maybe do a check for 1803 and overwrite the newer one ?
NOTE: If you do a system big system update, or do a SFC /SCANNOW this would replace this file, so I might suggest to keep it someplace safe so you can replace it again if Windows overwrites it.