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I can’t install MovieMaker

Help me please.I was using MovieMaker and for some reason it stopped working.I deleted its all files about Windows Essentials.But when i try to install it again it says 'These programs are already loaded'.I want MovieMak …

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Movie maker is not there?

So, I installed Windows essentials 2012 which come with Windows movie maker, correct? I clicked the install all option, but It installed everything BUT Windows Movie maker. I'm running on windows 10 and I've searched for …

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

Photo Gallery keeps crashing

I have had Windows 10 Updating for a long time now and I have had no issues until now. Everytime I open windows photo gallery after a few seconds a window will pop up saying that it has stopped working and will close the …

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Photo gallery in Windows 10

Upgraded from Win 7 to Win 10 a couple of months ago. Have found Photo Gallery (initially installed on Win 7 as Windows Essentials 2012) is duplicating thumbnails. Checking my 'pictures' folder reveals there is no actual …

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Photo gallery in Windows 10

Upgraded from Win 7 to Win 10 a couple of months ago. Have found Photo Gallery (initially installed on Win 7 as Windows Essentials 2012) is duplicating thumbnails. Checking my 'pictures' folder reveals there is no actual …

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Duplicate thumbnails in Photo gallery, Windows 10

Upgraded from Win 7 to Win 10 a couple of months ago. Have found Photo Gallery (initially installed on Win 7 as Windows Essentials 2012) is duplicating thumbnails. Checking my 'pictures' folder reveals there is no actual …

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

Why does Movie Maker downgrade video resolution?

My videos are recorded in 720p, 30fps. When I edit them in MM and save it, the new video is of a lower resolution. Yes, I have the latest version of MM. Yes, I have created a custom profile that matches the original vide …

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Windows Movie Maker not saving Movie in Windows 10

Hi, I have recently upgraded to windows 10. I have created a movie in Windows Movie Maker for an Uni assignment. I am trying to complete the movie by "saving the Movie" in wmv format. The movie is only 5mins long. My pro …

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Where is Windows LIVE Movie Maker?

I recently upgraded to Windows 10... which proved to be horrendous for me. I completely lost Windows "Movie Maker", but I still had Windows LIVE Movie Maker. Then I googled to find how to add regular Windows Movie Maker …

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black screen while making movie

I recently updated to Windows 10 and I was in the middle of making a movie on Movie Maker. Where I used to see clear images, I see either black screen or error messages. The audio is fine and I don't have any problems wi …

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Movie Maker

I have been trying to add video clips to Movie Maker some have gone in but other I get this response "Movie Maker Transcoder has stopped working" A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. I had uninstalled …

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Window’s Essentials

The windows essentials unit will not let me start the windows essentials. It gives me a Error Code:0x80070424 Don't know what to do.

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Issues Installing Windows Essentials On Windows 10

I basically only want Movie maker since it's free and I know how to use it. I've tried installing multiple times with the following error: Another program is preventing Windows Essentials from installing wait for the oth …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 16, 2015

windows essentials

Can I use Windows Live with Win 10? How do I go about getting it for my Dell laptop?

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Movie maker won’t save my movie in Windows 7.

I worked on this video for a long time (it is 53 minutes long with vids and pics) and when I go to save it, it saves it for about 30 minutes and when it gets to around 75%, it comes up with various messages. Either there …

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Recording Audio Delay

Hey guys, i keep on having a problem with my recordings from my elgato hd60, when i play my recording in windows media player and moviemaker, the game sound is delayed to the video, even after to converting the video fil …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 15, 2015

Windows Essentials 2011/Essentials 2012

I have Windows Vista. I am told there is no update to Windows Essentials 2011, but click and dowload Windows Essentials 2012, which I did; but received response "There is no update to Windows 2011". Why am I directed to …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 14, 2015

Window Movie Maker

<p>I have vista computer. . I already has window movie maker on my computer. Recently I installed Microsoft office 2007. I already down loaded all photos before installing office 2007.  Now when I try to make movie …

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Window Movie Maker

I have vista computer. . I already has window movie maker on my computer. Recently I installed Microsoft office 2007. I already down loaded all photos before installing office 2007. Now when I try to make movie and open …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 14, 2015

Photo GAllery query

Photo GAllery opens up briefly and then closes down, without me being able to see anything that is in it. This has been going on for a couple of months now, so I have to find other ways of viewing my photos. I am using W …

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can’t hear the music

hello I created a project in the movie maker on windows 10 sometimes I can hear the music and sometimes I cant. the music is not muted' and I can't say what I did diferent when the music is heard. another problem - when …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 14, 2015