When writing plugins for media center your plugin is hosted in ehexthost.exe this exe gets launched from ehshell.exe and you have no way of launchi
ehexthost.exe
ehshell.exe
You can automatically attach to a process by pressing F5, if you setup something like that in visual studio:
http://vvcap.net/db/ujYL7zeN_n_RgeprqCSM.htp
notice: There's "Command" filled up as an executable name, and "Attach" must be "yes"