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February 15th, 2019 17:00

17 R5, left side macro keys, power button

I got my Alienware 17R5 on January 30th! Windows was updated along with BIOS! Last week it came to my attention that the Left side Macro Keys & Alienhead power button lights do not switch off when i choose dark mode in the Alienware command center!

Yesterday, i created a theme in AlienFX which got saved but, after the unit was restarted from hibernate & when i chose to change the theme, the theme created by me was no longer present & the default blue theme automatically came on!

I do remember seeing some notifications after the updates that apparently mentioned some error about Alienware command center! Upon reviewing Event Viewer I found this error!

< System >
  < Provider Name =" Application Error " />
  < EventID Qualifiers =" 0 " > 1000 EventID>
  < Level > 2 Level>
  < Task > 100 Task>
  < Keywords > 0x80000000000000 Keywords>
  < TimeCreated SystemTime =" 2019-02-10T08:57:05.955420500Z " />
  < EventRecordID > 6224 EventRecordID>
  < Channel > Application Channel>
  < Computer > DESKTOP-******* Computer>
  < Security />
  System>
- < EventData >
  < Data > AWCC.exe Data>
  < Data > 5.2.24.0 Data>
  < Data > 5c34f3cf Data>
  < Data > twinapi.appcore.dll Data>
  < Data > 10.0.17763.292 Data>
  < Data > 270a22eb Data>
  < Data > c000027b Data>
  < Data > 00000000000bd588 Data>
  < Data > 25dc Data>
  < Data > 01d4c11e98b8a66e Data>
  < Data > C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\DellInc.AlienwareCommandCenter_5.2.24.0_x64__htrsf667h5kn2\AWCC.exe Data>
  < Data > C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\twinapi.appcore.dll Data>
  < Data > 66572f34-d995-4de7-b20e-0fef4082bb09 Data>
  < Data > DellInc.AlienwareCommandCenter_5.2.24.0_x64__htrsf667h5kn2 Data>
  < Data > App Data>
  EventData>
  Event>

Would appreciate if someone knows how to resolve this issue!

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April 10th, 2019 05:00

@Alienware-Eimy

Thank you! After installing the command center it did try to update OC controls but failed with an error that it already existed! I then uninstalled OC from control panel & reinstalled it! It works fine after that! I cant seem to change the color of the macro keys except for the 3 color options that are predefined, but apart from that I don't see any other issue!

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April 12th, 2019 09:00

Left Macro keys and power button are status lights. They will not go off.

 

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February 19th, 2019 16:00

Hi @alpinsava,

Uninstall and reinstall the Command Center following ALL the steps in this article. 

Also check<ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>

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April 9th, 2019 05:00

Hello! Thank you for your reply! Do I uninstall & reinstall the Alienware Command center with Alienware OC controlls or just the command center?

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April 9th, 2019 12:00

@alpinsava

 

Try just the AWCC first.

 

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April 12th, 2019 05:00

@Alienware-Eimy THe left side Macro Keys still dont go dark when i select dark mode in command center!
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