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photo gallery win10 change problem

Photo gallery(PG) had been working with win10. Then a win10 update, and PG gives message' cannot start because msft sql server 2005 is missing'. When checking installed routines it is indeed awol. Msft tech backed up my …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 21, 2016

Adding Logos

Is there a way to add a logo over video in Movie Maker?

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Windows Live Photo Gallery for Windows 8.1

I am running a laptop with Windows 8.1. I have been using WLPG to download and save photos from a ScanDisk 128mb Compact Flash card using a card reader. These pictures are from a special camera in an eye doctors office. …

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Problem with photo display on 2012 Photo Gallery

Since Microsoft does not have a 2016 photo gallery with editing features I finally got 2012 photo gallery downloaded (thru 2012 windows essentials) on my 2016 laptop with Windows 10. When opening the photos thru Files Ex …

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Copying Photo Gallery pics to the Picture Folder

I have thousands of pictures in Photo Gallery but my email server will not recognize Photo Gallery for purposes of sending those photos as attachments to emails. One by one I can make a CD or DVD of needed Photo Gallery …

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Movie Maker

A little after adding videos to movie maker it stops working. I then go to restore the project and them it crashes again. I cant add all my videos and start editing without it crashing. I have tried uninstalling it and r …

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Windows Live Movie Maker

Basically, I'm on Windows 10 and I'm trying to install Windows Live Movie Maker. Problem is, whenever I do try to, it only downloads Windows Live Photo Gallery. I know this because when I search my PC for Windows Live Mo …

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Windows Movie Maker File is Corrupted

Hello, I was in the middle of working on a project in Movie Maker when the application froze and then crashed. I restarted the program and attempted to open the file but could not because it had been corrupted. I have re …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 19, 2016

Movie Maker

Hi, my name is Jake, and I am starting to make a Youtube channel. I decided to choose Movie Maker as my editing software for my videos because it's easy to use, and its free. I came across a problem while editing my seco …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 18, 2016

Windows Movie Maker 6 transition effect duration

I am attempting to re-create the Flashbulb type effect between my splits. I am doing a fade to white in frame A to a fade in from white in frame B. But it is too, too long to be a Flash. Is there a way to select the effe …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 17, 2016

Windows Movie Maker 6 transition effect duration

I am attempting to re-create the Flashbulb type effect between my splits. I am doing a fade to white in frame A to a fade in from white in frame B. But it is too, too long to be a Flash. Is there a way to select the effe …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 17, 2016

Unable to install Movie Maker

Hello, I am making this post because the Microsoft employee I was talking to hasn't answered to my question and it's been about 2 weeks. So about one month ago I bought a new computer, on which I wanted to install Window …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 17, 2016