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Windows Essentials 2012, Windows Live Essentials, and Error 0x80040609

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Archived post from September 26, 2014. Product: Windows Essentials – no longer developed by its maker. Details may be out of date.

Question asked on Sep 26, 2014

I am trying to install Windows Movie Maker. According to Programs and Features, I have Windows Live Essentials. However, when I search "movie maker" on the search bar, nothing comes back. So, then I tried to install Windows Essentials 2012. It fails every time on Messenger, which I have no interest in anyways, so nothing installs. The error code given is Error 0x80040609. Nothing I have seen has helped fix it.  I then decided to try and uninstall Windows Live Essentials to replace it with Windows Essentials 2012. When I go to uninstall, there is nothing for me to checkmark to uninstall. What can I do to remove Windows Live Essentials so I can replace it with Windows Essentials 2012? System Specs:

HP Envy 1440nr laptop

2.5 GHz Dual-Core Intel i5 2nd generation processor with 4 Logic Processors

Intel HD 4000 graphics, along with an AMD Radeon GPU

Windows 7 Home Premium

If you need any other specs, just ask. Please help me with this ASAP, I need Movie Maker as soon as possible. 

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