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Why is my Movie Maker file size so large?

Movie Maker tells me I have a movie that is 1.36 hours long (which can be saved on a DVD), but when I save the movie, it tells me the file size is 8 G (& now I need a bigger storage device). Any ideas what/why is this ha …

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

Will Windows Movie Maker work with Windows 10 ?

Hi: The link below shows that Windows Essentials 2012 (which includes Windows Movie Maker) will work with Windows 10, but when I scroll down to that version, the description does not include Windows 10. https://support.m …

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Folders in Windows 10 Photo Gallery are missing.

Original Title: Organization Originally on my Windows 10 Photo Gallery I had pictures automatically organized by date taken (or, if I wished, I could rename the specific folder). Those folders were all shown in a list do …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 16, 2016

Windows Live Essentials Movie Maker

I installed Windows Live Essentials in an effort to get Movie Maker. I got other stuff, like Windows Live Mail, Messenger, and Family Safety, but not Movie Maker. I tried to re-install Essentials, but it didn't help. How …

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Movie Maker display problem with Surface 4

I just received my Surface Pro 4 (windows 10) and installed Movie Maker 2012 (Essentials) Problem: When launched, the app is displayed with very small characters and small buttons. How to get a normal readable display fo …

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What happened to Photo Gallery?

When I had to have Windows 10 removed and re-installed (technical difficulties), Photo Gallery disappeared. In the apps list, it seems to have been replaced with just plain "Photos." This is not easy to use, not nearly a …

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Photos App/Photo Gallery App/Pictures

Is anyone else confused by this? I"m trying to organize my photographs on Windows 10. They show up in three different places: the Photos app, the Photo Gallery App, and Pictures. Isn't this kind of redundant? I understan …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 15, 2016

Movie Maker 2012 Fast Forward Distortion

Hey all I've been having some issues with Movie Maker when I try to alter the speed of a clip. Everything runs fine and I can save the clip "for high definition display" but upon playback I get those blurry lines you use …

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Yahoo mail and Windows Live Movie Maker

Opening e-mail photo attachments goes straight to Windows Live Movie Maker,which I do not want. These are stills. I want to save them as pictures, how do I stop this happening?

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windows movie maker problem

Whenever I try to save my movie I made (using photos & video clips & found music about my granddaughter with recorded narration to explain the pics & videos) - the narration moves over under the wrong video or photo foot …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 14, 2016

Movie Maker not reading files anymore

Just not understanding this! I had just recorded a video, put it in a project, nothing special but all of a sudden Movie Maker froze up on me, and when it came back, the video I inserted had an exclamation mark over it c …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 14, 2016

Movie Maker and a .MOV file

I am working with a fresh install and a fresh repair (found here) on a windows 8.1 machine from the windows 8/8.1 install for the Windows Essentials. I am attempting to use a .MOV file and it goes through the preparing s …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 13, 2016

Connecting Photo Gallery to Facebook

Hi, when I've selected the photos to upload and press connect to FB, I get the following message, 'URL blocked: This redirect failed because the redirect URI is not whitelisted in the app's Client OAuth Settings. Make su …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 13, 2016