{"id":80630,"date":"2026-04-03T12:59:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/?p=80630"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:03:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:33:05","slug":"windows-10-setup-media-center-installed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-10-setup-media-center-installed\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 Setup: Windows Media Center is installed on this PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or 8, the setup may fail with the following error:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\"><strong>What needs your attention<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe following things need your attention to continue the installation and keep your Windows settings, personal files, and apps.\r\n\r\n<strong>Windows Media Center is installed on this PC<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWindows Media Center will be uninstalled during the upgrade. It isn't available in Windows 10.\r\n\r\nUninstall this app now because it isn't compatible with Windows 10.<\/pre>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80631\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/windows_10_setup_error_media_center.png\" alt=\"windows 10 setup - windows media center is installed\" width=\"716\" height=\"561\" \/><\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">We recommend you do not proceed with this update as your device may have some music or video content that is protected by an older rights management technology, which is not supported. If you install this update, you may no longer be able to play these music or video files. Close this dialog box to cancel, or you can choose to confirm to install the update. For more info, go to https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/windows10wmdrm<\/pre>\n<p>SetupDiag may report the following:<\/p>\n<pre>Error: SetupDiag reports abrupt down-level failure.\r\nLast Operation: Finalize\r\nError: 0xC1900101 - 0x50016\r\nLogEntry: [Timestamp], Error                \r\nMOUPG  CDlpActionFinalize::ExecuteSetupPlatformFinalize(1077):\r\nResult = 0xC1900101[gle=0x000000b7]\r\nRefer to \"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/desktop\/Debug\/system-error-codes\" for error information.\r\n\r\nYou must manually uninstall \"Windows Media Center is installed on this PC\" before continuing with the installation\/update, or change the command line parameters to ignore warnings if you are using the \"\/quiet\" parameter.\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2>Resolution<\/h2>\n<h3>Step 1: Uninstall Windows Media Center<\/h3>\n<p>To uninstall Windows Media Center in Windows 7 or 8, you must turn it off via the Windows Features control panel. Open the Control Panel, go to Programs, select Turn Windows features on or off, expand <strong>Media Features<\/strong>, uncheck <strong>Windows Media Center<\/strong>, and restart your computer when prompted to finalize changes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Step 2: Remove Windows Media Center registry entries<\/h3>\n<p>If uninstalling Windows Media Center doesn&#8217;t help, you need to remove its registry entries manually.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Launch the Registry Editor by running <strong>regedit.exe<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the following location in the Registry Editor.\n<pre class=\"registry\">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Media Center<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>From the File menu, click Export, then save the key as a REG file.<\/li>\n<li>Right-click on the <strong>Media Center<\/strong> registry key and choose Delete.<\/li>\n<li>Re-run the Windows 10 setup.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"qt\">\n<strong>Hint:<\/strong> Check the HumanReadable*.xml files in the <strong>C:\\$WINDOWS.~BT\\Sources\\Panther<\/strong> folder to see if there are file names or registry entries regarding &#8220;Windows Media Center&#8221; mentioned.\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/error-this-pc-cant-be-upgraded\/\">0xC1900209: This PC can&#8217;t be upgraded to this version of Windows<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or 8, the setup may fail with the following error: What needs your attention The following things need your attention to continue the installation and keep your Windows settings, personal files, and apps. Windows Media Center is installed on this PC Windows Media Center will be &#8230; <a title=\"Windows 10 Setup: Windows Media Center is installed on this PC\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-10-setup-media-center-installed\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Windows 10 Setup: Windows Media Center is installed on this PC\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[191,781],"class_list":["post-80630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","tag-error-messages","tag-windows-setup"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76742,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/error-this-pc-cant-be-upgraded\/","url_meta":{"origin":80630,"position":0},"title":"0xC1900209: This PC can&#8217;t be upgraded to this version of Windows (24H2)","author":"Ramesh","date":"October 15, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"When you install a feature update in Windows 10 or 11, the following error message may appear. 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