Windows XP Media Center 2005 remains on the taskbar only

And the cursor disappears, it is impossible to run the application.

Hello

Thanks for posting in the Microsoft Community Forum, please be assured that we would do our best to help you with this problem.

Please answer the following questions that would help us provide a better solution.

1. is specific to a particular application question?

2 have had any changes made to the computer before the question?

Here are a few steps, try:

Step 1:

Try to check if the process is running in the Task Manager.

1. right click on the taskbar, and select Task Manager.

2. click on applications and services and check if the process is running.

Step 2:

Try these steps and check:

a. open Windows Media Center.

b. press the alt + tab and check if the Media center opens.

Hope this information helps. If you have any questions do not hesitate to answer, we would be happy to help

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