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“Make a copy” feature changes background

Photo Gallery says to "Make a (jpeg.) copy" B4 editing . My imagewhich hjas a White background comes out with a black background. Why, and how do I undo this change or make a copy that retains original whit background?

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 5, 2016

MP4 in Movie Maker

So I installed "K-Lite Codec Pack 11.8.5 Basic" so I could open MP4 files in Movie Maker, but it only opens some MP4 files. Files encoded with "lavf57.14.100" does not prepare; only files encoded with "lavf56.40.101." Th …

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Unable to play few MP4 files in Windows Movie Maker

So I installed "K-Lite Codec Pack 11.8.5 Basic" so I could open MP4 files in Movie Maker, but it only opens some MP4 files. Files encoded with "lavf57.14.100" does not prepare; only files encoded with "lavf56.40.101." Th …

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How to edit photos in Windows Photo Gallery.

In Windows 10 Photo Gallery, when you click on a photo there is a menu for editing . There is an option to resize, but when you choose that option, it gives you the sizes you prefer, click and save to that size, the new …

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Windows 10 Photo Gallery

In Windows 10 Photo Gallery, when you click on a photo there is a menu for editing . There is an option to resize, but when you choose that option, it gives you the sizes you prefer, click and save to that size, the new …

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Windows Movie Maker Uploading

Can't upload videos to youtube or facebook anymore. I've read some of these posts an still no help. I've saved to computer. YouTube keeps asking for password and telling me it's wrong. When I try to upload to FB it tells …

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Windows Movie Maker Uploading issues

Can't upload videos to youtube or facebook anymore. I've read some of these posts an still no help. I've saved to computer. YouTube keeps asking for password and telling me it's wrong. When I try to upload to FB it tells …

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My .mov video will not fully download or play

I am using Windows 7 and want to edit a .mov video I recorded last week. I am using the newest version of Movie Maker that I downloaded last week. When I add the video to my project, it shows 8 rows of the same frame ove …

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Movie Maker

After uploading to Windows I cannot open Movie Maker, because I am told the program will not open because MSVCR110.dll is not on the computer. Can you help? Alan Saunders *** Email address is removed for privacy ***

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Movie Maker

After uploading to Windows I cannot open Movie Maker, because I am told the program will not open because MSVCR110.dll is not on the computer. Can you help? Alan Saunders *** Email address is removed for privacy ***

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Pictures from Creative Memories Memory Manager

We have a DVD with pictures from Memory Manager 3.0 that are dated and have comments entered. Can these pictures be imported to Windows Essentials Photo Gallery and maintain the metadata attached to each picture? Or do w …

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Movie Maker stopped working

I have made several videos in Movie Maker (Windows 10). Today I went into the Movie Maker to do a few updates and it is not working. I click on a Saved Movie and it opens, but there is no video or audio. There are Yellow …

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Movie Maker MP4 problem

I'm having problem importing some MP4 files into MovieMaker to edit. Some of the files from the same batch work fine while other don't and all will play on Media Player, so I don't think it's a corruption issue. I also t …

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Consolidate photos

When I import my photos from camera I get a long list of dated photos. I want to consolidate into folders for each year. I need to know how to put all my 2011 photos into a folder named "2011". I searched through photo g …

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Consolidate photos

When I import my photos from camera I get a long list of dated photos. I want to consolidate into folders for each year. I need to know how to put all my 2011 photos into a folder named "2011". I searched through photo g …

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Consolidate photos in Windows photo gallery.

Original title: Consolidate photos When I import my photos from camera I get a long list of dated photos. I want to consolidate into folders for each year. I need to know how to put all my 2011 photos into a folder named …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 3, 2016