Shortcut to TV channel in Windows Media Center

Question

How can I make a Windows shortcut to a specific TV channel in Windows Media Center?

Answer 1

You mean you want a shortcut icon to your desktop that, when clicked, opens WMC and starts playing a specific TV channel?

Sorry, that's not possible...

Answer 2

You can write a PowerShell script. Something like...

add-type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
$proc = Start-Process "C:\Windows\ehome\ehshell.exe"
start-sleep -Milliseconds 10000 #Wait 10 sec while Media Center loads
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("^T")
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("7") #Channel 7