Add Hulu Desktop To Windows Media Center

errr — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:15:41 +0000

I upgraded my Vista Windows Media Center machine to Windows 7 this weekend. I was wishing I could get Hulu into media center so I went to google. I found posts where people had done it, but most of them were using some 3rd party app to edit some settings and do it, and the rest never said how they did it. Well since none of the apps were open source it made me very un-trusting of them. I decided to figure out how to add this my self. Its pretty simple. First you need to install the Hulu Desktop. Next open a windows explorer and navigate to your users WMC directory. Here is where my users info is:

C:\Users\errr\AppData\Roaming\Media Center Programs

Next simply stick a shortcut to the Hulu desktop in this folder. Windows Media Center should not be running while you do this. Name this shortcut “Hulu Desktop” or what ever you want. Once that is done simply close your explorer window and start WMC. You will need to go to the Extras section, and go into the Extras Library, select Hulu Desktop (or what ever you named it). This will minimize Windows Media Center and open Hulu Desktop. If its not full screen simply full screen it, and when you close it from full screen it will reopen that way next time. You will now be able to control Hulu desktop with your Media Center remote. The annoying thing is that when you close out of Hulu it does not restore WMC, but you can hit your Media Center button and that will reopen WMC in full screen.
Pretty easy eh?

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Add Hulu Desktop To Windows Media Center