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Window Movie Maker in Windows 8.1

I am using Windows 8.1. Windows Movie Maker doesn't work at all. I have converted my movies to .WMV files several times by different programs. I have downloaded Windows Essentials 2012 several times but nothing helps. I …

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Window Movie Maker in Windows 8.1 does not work.

OT: Window Movie Maker in Windows 8.1. I am using Windows 8.1. Windows Movie Maker doesn't work at all. I have converted my movies to .WMV files several times by different programs. I have downloaded Windows Essentials 2 …

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Help needed with windows movie maker

For the last few years I have been using movie maker 2.6 and love it. Since the upgrade to windows 8.1 it is no longer compatible and have to use the new movie maker. I am going absolutely crazy!!!! I can save the projec …

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movie maker

Can we restore a saved filed to movie maker? I want to edit my movie again? please help..

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Windows essentials 2012 installation stopped at 86%

I am trying to install movei maker from windows essentials 2012 in my windows 8.1 OS. Everytime the installation stops at 86%.Tried to install many time but getting the same problem.Please give me a solution for this pro …

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How to Log on as an administrator in Windows 8

I have read the posts pertaining to logging in as an administrator in windows 8. The question has not been directly addressed. I have followed the links provided, only to learn that I have a user account, not an administ …

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Movie Maker help please

I made a movie in WMM (probably on Windows 6, or vista? ) on another computer. I cant play it on my laptop in Windows 7. The frames show an error (exclamation) mark. Any advice ? I need it in plain English, not too techy …

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Créateur de DVD Windows

à l'aide SVP, dans mon Windows 7 Pro, Movie Maker fonctionne bien, et me produit des fichiers montés en MP4, mais dans Créateur de DVD Windows, ce format n'est pas pris, alors que dans l'aide, il est bien spécifié MP4, q …

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I can run photo gallery but not movie maker…

After installing Windows lives essential 2012 successfully, the Photo Gallery does work, but the Move maker doesn't, with showing the message below: I have check some system information of my computer as below: Windows 7 …

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movie maker corrupted files?

While editing I received the message that Movie Maker couldn't save my movie as files were either corrupted or not in a supported format. I removed the clips that had the warning sign logo on them to discover that all th …

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Movie Maker Photo Distortion from Animation

I have window 8.1 with my two month old laptop. My photos (2.3 MB or larger)are perfectly clear when added to Movie Maker. As soon as I try an animation option they are distorted and stay distorted unless I close the fil …

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Movie Maker won’t play my video

I just created a video from a narrated PowerPoint 2013 presentation, and now I'm trying to edit it in Movie Maker. While the video seems to load just fine (I get the standard message about preparing the video for Movie M …

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Security Funny??

This occurred when I was not on-line at all and puzzled me. I used Photo Gallery to import about 20 photos to a named file I had created. On ending by CLOSE, I saw a small green icon in the notification area. R click and …

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MovieMaker and YouTube Data API

It's clear that there is a problem with MovieMaker communicating with YouTube and you can't upload directly from MovieMaker to YouTube anymore - whereas you could do so until recently. The Microsoft support engineers hav …

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