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No video on Windows Movie Maker (only audio)

I'm trying to edit a movie (2+ hours long) on Windows Movie Maker and every time I add the video to the software, there is no video but only a black screen. Audio is working fine. I tried to add shorter videos (7 mins or …

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Photro Gallery error code:Ox80070450a

I just upgraded to W10 from W7. Trying to get Photo Gallery to work and all I get is the above error code(Ox80070450a) which then opens a window saying" micro soft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition is missing". I have down …

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Photro Gallery error code:Ox80070450a

I just upgraded to W10 from W7. Trying to get Photo Gallery to work and all I get is the above error code(Ox80070450a) which then opens a window saying" micro soft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition is missing". I have down …

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movie maker

I'm trying to edit a title chart in movie maker, but I can't get the keyboard to appear on my surface pro. Help!

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Movie Maker cuts off the top of text?

Hi. My problem is whenever I insert a caption into Windows Movie Maker, the very top of the caption gets cut off. Can you see how the very top of the capital S, C and Q are flat? When I'm editing the text, it appears nor …

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Movie Maker cuts off the top of text?

Hi. My problem is whenever I insert a caption into Windows Movie Maker, the very top of the caption gets cut off. Can you see how the very top of the capital S, C and Q are flat? When I'm editing the text, it appears nor …

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Movie maker help/issue

Hey so I have a bit of a problem, So I recorded a chat room session with a group I have using OBS video capture and when I import it to Movie maker as an MP4 it does not allow any kind of previewing. A note of interest, …

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Movie Maker, YouTube Account, and App Passwords

I know many others have encountered this problem, and I've looked in 5 places and all point to the same link in my settings page: App Passwords. But it doesn't work! What did my account ever do to you, Google?!

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Movie Maker: Unable to add then save a title

I am creating a new project, but I cannot add or save a text/title on the video clip. As soon as I was done adding the text, the Movie Maker just sign out on me. Don't have time to save it... Original title: Moved Maker …

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Rotating frames in Movie Maker

Hi I have a video that was taken with a mobile phone and some of it needs to be rotated. In Movie Maker, all the thumbnails look okay but when I play it, some of it is sideways. I have been through the thumbnails and rot …

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WIndows movie maker 10 MP4 issue

I am trying to make a movie and it will not load my MP4 video clips. I have uninstalled and reinstalled. I have repaired the application. I have tried other formats which have worked successfully but that doesnt help me. …

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Photo Gallery will not run in Windows 10

Split from this thread. I know this thread is a year old but I have a problem with WLE2012. It, or specifically Photo Gallery, will NOT run in Windows 10. I have uninstalled then re-installed. When I uninstalled MS SQL s …

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corrupted wlmp file in movie maker project

Dear support, I spent many days to do final video in movie maker and finnaly I am not able to open... I am able to open movie maker program, I am able to open corrupted file project without any error meassege but once I …

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