One thing I did notice is that he has finally updated SQL Server to a newer version.

I want to thank you guys for going through all this in detail as I had started to have the same issue. Couldn't get any button to launch CMC. Following this thread I now have it all working again. I had missed both the admin step and the update registry - DOH! Funny thing is that I had done all this ...

Hi Paul,

That was my thought as well, but when I tried that last week it still failed, so today I went full bore and disabled everything that I thought Windows might not like - those programs that may be digging a little too deep into the OS.

I am about to start playing with CME for the first time ...

I was continually getting an error (80070714) from Windows when trying to install Release 1903. To get around this I did the following:

1. Stopped Red Fox and its Helper
2. Stopped all SQLServer tasks and processes/services (associated with MyMovies).
3. Stopped the PowerDvd task
4. Stopped all of ...

Hi Paul,

You were fast and that did indeed fix the issue. Thanks very much and my apologies for the panic and fire drill. The new interface and features look fantastic. Beautiful job!!!!!

Please see the arror in the attached file. The error occurs on startup on CMC and locks up the application which must shutdown via TaskManager. Running Windows 10 1809.

Hi Paul,
Was moving Music directory and having to let WMP redo all of the metadata and I noticed what may be a small bug in the Music Playback Feature. If you start Music Playback directly none of the tabs at the top are present except the ability to switch to Movies. If you switch to Movies and ...

Muchas Gracias! Will go and do that now and let you know.

All is well and I am a happy camper. Thanks so much for all of your help!

You just have the 1 license and 1 PC right?

If so, it looks like it somehow got out of sync, as it is showing currently activated. This would normally happen if you reinstalled the OS, though I suppose other things could have caused this too.

If so, I can deactivate on my end so you can ...

It says activate and when I select that it tells me the license I entered is already in use. I edited post above with this and thoughts. Used the online activation option in case that matters.