If you are needing to disable Windows Media Center in Windows 7 by command line, here is a script that will do just that. This script will not only disable it, but it will also add an add/remove programs and HKCR entry so that both WMI and SCCM can detect the service was disabled.
You can download the script from here.
You can download the script from here.
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# Author: Mick Pletcher
# Date: 16 August 2013
#
# Program: Windows Media Center
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cls
#Declare Global Memory
Set-Variable -Name a -Scope Global -Force
Set-Variable -Name Output -Scope Global -Force
Function AddRemovePrograms($KeyName, $DisplayName, $Version){
#Define Local Memory
New-PSDrive -Name HKCR -PSProvider Registry -Root HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
Set-Variable -Name AddRemKey -Scope Local -Force
Set-Variable -Name guid -Scope Local -Force
Set-Variable -Name ProductsKey -Scope Local -Force
If (!(Test-Path c:\windows\GSPBox_Icon.bmp)){
Copy-Item -Path \\global.gsp\data\clients\na_clients\Build\Add-ins\GSPBox_Icon.bmp -Destination c:\Windows -Force
}
$AddRemKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
$ProductsKey = "HKCR:\Installer\Products\"
New-Item -Path $AddRemKey -Name $KeyName –Force
New-ItemProperty -Path $AddRemKey"\"$KeyName -Name DisplayName -Value $DisplayName -PropertyType String
New-ItemProperty -Path $AddRemKey"\"$KeyName -Name DisplayVersion -Value $Version -PropertyType String
New-ItemProperty -Path $AddRemKey"\"$KeyName -Name UninstallString -Value " " -PropertyType String
New-ItemProperty -Path $AddRemKey"\"$KeyName -Name Publisher -Value "Gresham, Smith and Partners" -PropertyType String
New-ItemProperty -Path $AddRemKey"\"$KeyName -Name DisplayIcon -Value "c:\windows\GSPBox_Icon.bmp" -PropertyType String
$guid = [guid]::NewGuid().ToString("N")
$guid.ToString()
$guid = $guid.ToUpper()
New-Item -Path $ProductsKey -Name $guid –Force
New-ItemProperty -Path $ProductsKey"\"$guid -Name ProductName -Value $DisplayName -PropertyType String -Force
#Cleanup Local Memory
remove-psdrive -name HKCR
Remove-Variable -Name AddRemKey -Scope Local -Force
Remove-Variable -Name guid -Scope Local -Force
Remove-Variable -Name ProductsKey -Scope Local -Force
}
Invoke-Command {dism.exe /online /disable-feature /featurename:MediaCenter /norestart}
$a = Invoke-Command {dism.exe /online /get-featureinfo /featurename:MediaCenter}
$Output = $a | Select-String "State : Disabled"
Write-Host $Output
If ($Output -like "State : Disabled"){
AddRemovePrograms "MediaCenter" "MediaCenter" "Disabled"
}
#Cleanup Global Memory
Remove-Variable -Name a -Scope Global -Force
Remove-Variable -Name Output -Scope Global -Force
