Windows Essentials

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Photo Gallery

I create new folders - but Photo Gallery does not open these folders.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 20, 2015

Photo issues

I can not get pictures from photo gallery to FB, yet if i access photo before my update I can access the pictures and use them where I like. Is there a was to transfer them out of the photo gallery so I can work with the …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 19, 2015

Unable to dowload Windows Essentials 2012

Each time I try to download Windows Essentials 2012 I get the dialog box which reads "preparing to install." That's as far as the download ever gets, even after waiting overnight. I'm stumped.

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Windows Essentials 2012 (error 0x80070643)

When I try to install Windows Essentials 2012, the only programs that successfully install are OneDrive and Outlook. For everything else, I'm given error 0x80070643. Supposedly this happens when Windows Firewall is not t …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 18, 2015

Audio Error

Hi, i have been having a problem with the windows movie maker audio. My problem is i am trying to make slideshows with images i have gotten off the internet and when i put the music to the video it will play a couple sec …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 18, 2015

information on how WLG attaches the keywords to the raw files. Are they no longer available if I copy the images to a computer without WLG (or without the pd6 file)? Because with jpg they are!

I was happy to see that when adding keywords to images in Windows Live Gallery (WLG), they were attached to the files and visible in the properties. This meant I could even search them with other programs, like Adobe Bri …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 18, 2015

Keywords

I was happy to see that when adding keywords to images in Windows Live Gallery (WLG), they were attached to the files and visible in the properties. This meant I could even search them with other programs, like Adobe Bri …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 18, 2015

Keywords

I was happy to see that when adding keywords to images in Windows Live Gallery (WLG), they were attached to the files and visible in the properties. This meant I could even search them with other programs, like Adobe Bri …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 18, 2015

OPENING A .WIMP FILE INMOVIE MAKER

I WANT TO ADD MORE PICTURES AND EDIT A .WIMP FILE BUT WHEN I TRY TO LOAD IT IN MOVIE MAKER I GET A SMALL WINDOW WITH THE MESSAGE "CAN'T USE THIS TYPE OF FILE, YET IT CLEARLY SAYS, IN THE LIST OF ACCEPTABLE FILES, THAT .W …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 18, 2015

Windows Essentials/Movie Maker

I recently installed Windows Essentials 2012 so I could use Movie Maker.I can import my videos but have no audio.The speaker on the left in the volume control within MM has a red X on it ,like its muted .Nothing I have d …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 18, 2015

Don’t know what happened to my photos

Today I was in one of my folders deleting blurry photos and too many duplicates so I could burn them to a CD and after I did that I went back into that folder and some of my pictures are just gone, I get only the flower …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 18, 2015

Surface pro 3 with no movie maker

I tried to install the widows essential download and it just gets hung up on the "preparing to install step" I tried turning off my firewall to see if that would help. Nothing seems to work. Help!!

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 18, 2015

Photo Gallery Has Stopped Working

I recently transferred photos from another computer to this new computer both using Windows 10. Photo Gallery worked fine in the old computer. Program will not open to allow me to edit the photos. How can I correct this …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 17, 2015

Movie Maker

Hi, I urgently need help please. My movies were choppy and laggy, so I upgraded window essentials and now they don't even play. All i see when I try to open the file is a big pic of a music note. URGENT HELP PLEASE! All …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 17, 2015