{"id":2053,"date":"2013-10-06T14:57:47","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T14:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xctechs.info\/?p=2053"},"modified":"2013-10-06T14:57:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-06T14:57:47","slug":"how-to-factory-reset-xbmc-configuration-with-fresh-start-add-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/?p=2053","title":{"rendered":"How-To Factory Reset XBMC Configuration with Fresh Start Add-On"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once in a while a nice spring clean-up is just what your XBMC installation could use. If you\u2019re the kind of person that has multiple add-ons installed (and most are) then after months of updates being placed on top of previous updates tends to slow down your XBMC sooner or later. We’ve devised a sort of factory restore functionality for XBMC, that way every once in a while you can simply run this new add-on, and you\u2019ll be left with an XBMC that is entirely vanilla, or basically what it was when you first installed it originally, free of any third party add-ons or customization’s.<\/p>\n

We recommend that if you\u2019re using XBMC exclusively for the add-ons, you perform this factory restore once every six months in order to remain fresh and with the best working add-ons enabled at all times. It will ensure that old, junk doesn’t take up excessive space, and it\u2019ll get rid of add-ons or customization that are no longer working or relevant, giving you a nice fresh XBMC installation to work with. Whether you are having serious difficulty with script errors, have too many broken add-ons, or simply want to reconfigure so that everything\u2019s fully up to date from scratch, this add-on is for you. Basically what it does is deletes the entire XBMC configuration folder and the folder is rebuilt with factory settings at the time of next launch, at which point you can start re-configuring it your way.<\/p>\n

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WARNING<\/strong><\/em>: You\u2019ll have to reboot your system once the process is complete, please be ready to do this before commencing the process.<\/p>\n

1<\/strong><\/em>: Click on the \u201cSettings\u201d tab under the \u201cSYSTEM\u201d menu heading.<\/p>\n

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2<\/em><\/strong>: Select the \u201cAdd-ons\u201d tab on the left side vertical menu bar.<\/p>\n

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3<\/em><\/strong>: Choose the \u201cInstall from zip file\u201d function from the listing.<\/p>\n

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4<\/strong><\/em>: Open the \u201cfusion\u201d folder that\u2019s listed on the right hand side.<\/p>\n

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5<\/strong><\/em>: Choose the \u201chubwizard\u201d folder from the listing.<\/p>\n

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6<\/strong><\/em>: Click on the \u201cplugin.video.freshstart-1.0.0.zip\u201d to install the necessary addon.<\/p>\n

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7<\/strong><\/em>: Return to the main menu, and navigate to the \u201cAdd-ons\u201d tab under the \u201cVIDEOS\u201d menu heading.<\/p>\n

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8<\/strong><\/em>: Click on the addon called \u201cXBMC Fresh Start\u201d to get it done.<\/p>\n

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9<\/strong><\/em>: When prompted, press the \u201cYes\u201d button to confirm the process.<\/p>\n

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10<\/strong><\/em>: It\u2019ll only take a moment and you\u2019ll see the word \u201cDone\u201d displayed within the window once completed.<\/p>\n

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11<\/strong><\/em>: Return to the main menu and reboot your device in order for the changes to take place.<\/p>\n

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12<\/strong><\/em>: Re Start Your XBMC and take a breath of fresh air in your clean installation of XBMC that\u2019s as good as new.<\/p>\n

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13<\/strong><\/em>: Start using XBMC as if it was your first time ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Once in a while a nice spring clean-up is just what your XBMC installation could use. If you\u2019re the kind of person that has multiple add-ons installed (and most are) then after months of updates being placed on top of previous updates tends to slow down your XBMC sooner or later. We’ve devised a sort …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[48,762,763,232,3,247,260,79,32,383,82,419,14,31,85,760],"class_list":["post-2053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-android","tag-ubuntu","tag-android","tag-blog","tag-factory","tag-front-page","tag-fusion","tag-htpc-2","tag-htpc","tag-mac","tag-pi","tag-raspberry-pi","tag-reset","tag-tutorials","tag-windows","tag-everything","tag-xbmc-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xctechs.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}