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Vista Tip 27: Start Media Center in a Specific View

If you don't like the view in which Vista Media Center starts up by default, you can change that using some command line parameters:

Parameter Behavior
ehshell.exe /directmedia:general Starts VMC in fullscreen mode
ehshell.exe /directmedia:music Starts VMC in fullscreen mode and navigates to the Music Library
ehshell.exe /directmedia:video Starts VMC in fullscreen mode and navigates to the Video Library

ehshell.exe /directmedia:tv

Starts VMC in fullscreen mode and navigates to the TV Recordings
ehshell.exe /directmedia:pictures Starts VMC in fullscreen mode and navigates to the Picture Library
ehshell.exe /directmedia:discplayback Starts VMC in fullscreen mode and starts playing a CD or DVD inserted into the drive.