Media Center Interaction with GameEx

I am having a minor annoyance with the interaction between Windows Media Center and GameEx.

I have a Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit PC (HTPC) connected to my TV that is primarily used with Windows Media Center to record and watch media. I also have GameEx installed on it.

The Windows Media Center client and service are set up to always be running and I would prefer it to be that way. However, whenever I exit GameEx, the Windows Media Center client also stops running a few seconds later. Fortunately, the service (for recording shows in the background) continues just fine.

I have the following options set in GameEx:

- Media Center Exit\Start Mode: No Media Center Interaction

- Exit GameEx if MCE Loaded: No don't check for ehshell process

The GameEx log file does not indicate to me if GameEx is prompting the WMC client to stop, yet the WMC client is definitely closing when GameEx closes. I browsed the Windows Event Viewer and was unable to find an entry for WMC indicating an error or that the client was closed.

Besides my HTPC, I also have WMC and GameEx running on my laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit). This sort of behavior occurs there as well (with the same GameEx WMC settings as above).

The attached log file is the result of the following steps:

- Start WMC and minimize

- Start GameEx

- Close GameEx as soon as it loads (by ESC, manual EXIT, or closing it at the taskbar)

- GameEx closes

- Approximately 2 seconds later, WMC closes

Anyone have any suggestions?