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Windows 8.1 movie maker, clips are just green

Split from this thread. Having a green screen is very frustrating! Sometimes I open Movie Maker and I get an error message with a yellow triangle and explanation point in the middle when uploading videos. I can not get a …

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

What is the latest version of Photo Gallery?

Split from this thread. Hi, I have installed the Windows essentials 2012 suite, hoping that it would include photo gallery, and movie maker. my os is windows 8.1. Im having trouble finding it or opening it or? Im really …

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

saving photos

1. Do I have to back up my picture files that I have in Windows Live photo gallery or are the safely saved somewhere online? 2. Is there some quick way to delete the duplicates in Windows Live photo gallery? I have over …

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

Movie Maker not having sound?

I'm on 8.1. I have TuneUp installed, but it was still not working before that. I really need help. I've tried every possible answer!

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

Movie maker wont recognize video on DVD

I have a hp computer. I got it this past Christmas. ( Christmas of 2014 ) I downloaded the latest version of windows movie maker. I use sony movie studio version 13 to edit videos. I can edit the videos fine, its putting …

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

Movie maker

I have a hp computer. I got it this past Christmas. ( Christmas of 2014 ) I downloaded the latest version of windows movie maker. I use sony movie studio version 13 to edit videos. I can edit the videos fine, its putting …

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

Cannot find Windows Live Essentials 2009 to download

Hello, I'm trying to find Windows Live Essentials 2009. I've googled and googled but no joy. Every D/L link takes me to a file not found page on MS site. Have tried numerous D/L files which either gives an error or doesn …

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

totally frustrated

Thanks Bill & Babytub. I installed the program from Windows essentials, much easier to work with but I’m still at a loss as to where & how my email address book (contacts) enter the picture and make it tto a place that I …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 25, 2015

Error code 0xC94002C in Movie Maker

I have read other posts with this problem but the replies don't cover the issue I'm having. I have added videos that I am editing to movie maker however not ALL of the files will load. They're from the same camera, shot …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 25, 2015

Photo Gallery Slide Show Without Themes

Is there a way to have a slide show in Photo Gallery without any of the built-in themes? These themes all distort photos in some way. Even the Fade theme can cause cropping and other distortions. I'd like to be able to h …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 24, 2015

JXR file

In Photo Gallery when I select a photo I get the message 'Would you like to use Photo gallery to open these type of files? JXR.' Whether I select yes or no it keeps popping up. I have re-installed Photo Gallery but still …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 24, 2015

Histogram

Does Photo Gallery shows the photos histogram?? I cant find it...

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 23, 2015

Movie Maker Youtube Login

I can not upload to youtube because it tells me invalid password/username even though everything is correct i changed password still nothing this is causing me a huge headache

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 23, 2015

Can’t burn DVD in Movie Maker Windows 7

I have just upgraded from Vista to windows 7. I have previously made many DVD's on MovieMaker in Vista. I have now created a new project including photos , video and music but cannot save the movie to burn a DVD. The pro …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 22, 2015

Vimeo Uploading Error

I uploaded first video from movie maker to vimeo account. it worked for first time but after that I tried for about hundred times and still not able to share it. I am receiving the same message over and over again that t …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 22, 2015

Movie Maker Error Code 0x87160129

I get the error code 0x87160129 when trying to save my movie. Everything appears to be OK in the project file, i.e. no exclamation points or x's. It starts saving and gets to 93% then stops and tells me some files are co …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 21, 2015