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Windows Movie Maker

Every time I try and save a PDF file it converts to Movie Maker. It has also changed many of my previously created PDF files into Movie Maker files. How to change this?

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Windows Movie Maker Audio

When I try to use Windows Movie Maker the Add music button is greyed out and I can't find a way to load on any music.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Mar 25, 2016

Windows Movie Maker Audio

When I try to use Windows Movie Maker the Add music button is greyed out and I can't find a way to load on any music.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Mar 25, 2016

Cannot edit in Windows Photo Gallery

Recently installed Photo Gallery (PG) on my Windows 10 laptop and was using it to view my photos which were migrated from a previous device. PG was now my default viewer. Was opening and viewing photos no problem until s …

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Windows Movie Maker Error for Windows 8

Whenever I open Windows movie maker, it will say "restore project..........?" If I hit yes, then it will say "There is a problem, Windows is trying to find the solution and it shows a loading screen. After that, it says …

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Movie Maker Narration Split Issue

I've been experiencing issues with splitting narration in video projects. I've this one project in particular where I've had to split one section (that is one split before and one split after a section of audio that I wo …

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photo gallery collage

I'm new to this and I was wondering are there any kind of templates other than the auto collage????

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Movie Maker

Hi, I want to make a stop motion video and have a question about movie maker. Can you put a sound effect to play on top of a music track at various intervals throughout? ie the video would have a soundtrack playing and f …

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Windows photo gallery

I have put a lot of time in setting up my photos with a dialogue along the bottom to state what they are and when/where they were taken. I am on Windows Vista. I have logged in to look at the said photos, and the dialogu …

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I can’t save my video

I have problem saving my video and it says that my file might be corrupted or a format that Movie Maker doesn't recognize. And I can't save the movie unless the certain file is removed from my project. But when i click " …

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minecraft

found this: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/moviemaker-wlsettings/can-windows-live-movie-maker-record-game-play/1eb5a85e-ef17-494a-ac04-7a0ea0b28a3f?auth=1 my first youtube vid will be rough and just …

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Queries about Movie Maker

Original title: minecraft found this: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/moviemaker-wlsettings/can-windows-live-movie-maker-record-game-play/1eb5a85e-ef17-494a-ac04-7a0ea0b28a3f?auth=1 my first youtube …

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Windows Essentials fails to install

Hi - I have just acquired a new Win 10 laptop and wanted to install Windows Live Mail as I have a lot of historic emails I need to refer to. I think it is a great program to keep emails offline. I understand Essentials w …

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