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Windows Movie Maker .wlmp file corrupted

An important wlmp file has become corrupted. Can anyone help fix it please? I have tried contacting Microsoft support but can't get through due to 'technical difficulties'. Many thanks. https://onedrive.live.com/redir?re …

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Why isn’t my Windows Movie Maker 12 working?

I have a windows 8.1 laptop and I used to have windows movie maker on it, about 3 months ago, and it would work perfectly. Recently I've been needing it but every time I type in "Windows Movie Maker" or "Movie Maker" in …

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Movie Maker

I have published my completed movie with both You Tube and Vimeo. There is only audio and no visual. I have used Movie Maker for years with no problems. My hard drive had to be replaced, so I reloaded Movie Maker 2012. I …

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Movie Maker

the video thumbnails on my story board do not change as the video progresses. I'v e tried start/end points. Converting the original avi file to wma and mp4 and it still does it. I appreciate an y help. I'm using windows …

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WLMM just stopped displaying my timeline.

I was working on a project for 5 hours today. Occasionally I would get the "yellow triangle" corruption, which I would fix by closing WLMM and reopening it. I save every couple of minutes so no biggie. However, after wor …

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Windows Photo Gallery in Essentials 2012 Sucks!

I am using Windows 8. Photo Gallery worked just fine when I first bought my computer over a year ago, but now it crashes every time I try to use it. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Windows Essentials 2012 several time …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 28, 2015

Saving and making dvd on movie maker in windows 7

I never been so frustrated in my life trying to save a project! I have tried to save in every file listed and about 70-80% it kicks out then gives a message " There isn't enough memory to save this file. Try saving at a …

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Windows Live Writer

Any news on when people with Blogger are going to be able to access Windows Live Writer to write blog posts again? If this is not fixed, I will not continue to use Blogger anymore. Please, someone give us some answers!!!

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No picture, only sound when playing timeline

Windows 8.1, moviemaker version 2.1.4026.0 I import photos (jpg), and movie files (wmv) into the collections box. While these are in collection box, I can select a jpg and it shows in the black video box on the far right …

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Windows Movie Maker

I converted a slideshow from an old VHS tape to a DVD. Is it possible to put the slideshow in Movie Maker and edit it? I need to add some new pictures and music.

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File Size in Movie Maker

Hi I am doing videos on YouTube and for cutting i use the Movie maker because often i don't need to do much stuff, only put one or 3 files together. Now my Problem Every time i save the movie the file size gets ridiculou …

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windows movie maker

When I save my move to my computer none of the movie contents appear on the screen. I have also tried publishing the movie and I still get a blank screen. The minutes indicator at the bottom moves across, indicating that …

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Windows Movie maker

I have been using Windows Movie maker to edit & upload home videos to You-tube but lately have been unable to upload to You tube. I keep getting the error message 0+800488E5 and have no idea what this means. I have even …

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Windows Movie maker

I have been using Windows Movie maker to edit & upload home videos to You-tube but lately have been unable to upload to You tube. I keep getting the error message 0+800488E5 and have no idea what this means. I have even …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 28, 2015

Windows Live Writer has stopped working

My windows live writer has stopped working. I wrote a blog post last night and when I clicked to post the draft to my blog, as I always do, I got this error message- Blogger returned the following error: Not Found Not Fo …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 27, 2015

Windows Live Writer – Do not support Featured Image

Hi Frineds, Today I thought will give a try to Windows Live Writer for my wordpress site http://mycitymychoice.com but did not find option to select featured image. May i know if this option is available with Windows Liv …

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Will not open windows movie maker file

I have a corrupted windows movie maker live project. when I try to open it it says that it can't be opened. This is actually the autosave file that I took out of the appdata folder after another user closed windows movie …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 26, 2015