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SPlit Tool is not working

I added a video to Movie Maker. It is displayed on the storyboard, but I can not access the Split Tool. It doesn't light up, it is only gray. The trim tool works, but I wanted to split my movie into several pieces. Any a …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Mar 1, 2016

Movie maker keeps saying ” Loading audio data ”

so I'm trying to create a tutorial using windows movie maker, I've added my narration, now I've added my audio but at the bottom left hand corner it keeps telling me the (Loading audio data) with the little clock beside …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Mar 1, 2016

Windows movie maker not install

Hi friends, I installed Microsoft essentials 2012 , but movie maker not installed others installed properly. I am using windows 8. please guide to me.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 29, 2016

Can’t download Windows Essentials 2012

It all began with me downloading Windows 10. The operative system did not work well at all, for example my Windows Live Movie Maker was out of date. I searched for help on this forum and then tried to download Windows Es …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 28, 2016

Audio and video are out of sync in windows movie maker

I have captured VHS tapes with Elgato Video Capture and had the option of editing the tapes in Windows Movie Maker. After editing the audio and video were in sync. I saved to a movie and now the video and audio are out o …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 28, 2016

Movie maker issues

I made a movie that came out great. But about every other time I watch it on my computer it has a few "skips" on it and most problematic is that the screen goes black a couple times while the movie is still playing in th …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 28, 2016

Photo Gallery not working and Windows 10

Just got a laptop with Windows 10. Every time I open Photo Gallery I get the message Photo Gallery has stopped working. I tried all 5 suggestions that were listed (some said I had the wrong system to complete) in one of …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 27, 2016

Movie maker not loading Audio/Video Windows 10

Like the subject says, each time I load a video it comes up as just a black screen, no audio or video. I've updated all my drivers, deleted and reinstalled Movie Maker, but each time nothing. I can watch the video fine u …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 26, 2016

Corrupted Movie Maker File

Can someone please try to fix this corrupt movie maker file? I've heard of ways of fixing it by editing the code in notepad, but I wouldn't know where to start. I'd greatly appreciate it if someone could fix the code for …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 26, 2016

Help with editing in Movie Maker

I am new to Movie Maker and I am trying to editing a video I made. Is it possible to speed up just a section of the video? If so, how do I do it?

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

photo gallery

I recently attended a presentation on photo gallery where a photo was edited leaving the mountains and sky in black and white whilst the lake in the foreground was in colour. It was done with the click of the mouse and n …

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

How to edit photos in the Windows Photo Gallery

Original Title: photo gallery I recently attended a presentation on photo gallery where a photo was edited leaving the mountains and sky in black and white whilst the lake in the foreground was in colour. It was done wit …

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

Windows movie maker.

When trying to publish a movie with music, I get an error message 0x800488E7. Can anyone explain and tell me what to do to correct the error?

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 24, 2016

Movie Maker Issue

I am attempting to add video to my movie. When initially added it is fine and shows up. I save, quit and come back. To my dismay the video has a yellow triangle and an exclamation point. The file that I added is still in …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 24, 2016