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Live Writer and TypePad

I have signed on to TypePad's new Nimble design. I love it, but when I synced Live Writer (favorite software EVER) I can't write in "edit" mode. No courser appears. I can write in "source" mode, but everything comes up H …

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Videos show, put won’t play in movie maker

Hello. I just bought a new windows 8 computer, so all the drivers and codes, etc are up to date. However, if I save a project and go back to it later, Movie Maker does not allow my clips to play or me to edit them. Pleas …

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Movie Maker “Runtime Error” Message

Hello Everybody! This is my first forum on Microsoft, so sorry if something isn't quite right. Anyways, I recorded a Minecraft Survival Episode Video for YouTube, and I added my intro into Movie Maker, then I added the V …

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WLMM Files gone

I have 15 slide shows on "Windows Live Movie Maker" on 12 of them the photos are all blank with a ! in the center of which was a photo, also any clip-art that I added with titles are still there. 3 of the shows are still …

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Movie Maker Freezing Whole Computer

I've been searching for answers for a while, and no luck. So far I've made a music video and went to export then. As soon as it gets to two percent, my whole computer freezes. I've it overnight to see if anything happen …

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Windows DVD Maker

I want to have more than one slide show on a DVD, with different music. From previous posts it looks like this is not possible, which seems both surprising and a significant limitation! Surely it must be a common desire …

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Move Maker Top Banner

I have used Movie Maker to make many movies. I have a problem when I run them. The Banner at the top of the screen does not always disappear. Also the Forward, Backward and Pause buttons. They remain on the screen. How c …

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Windows Movie Maker does not work

I have freshly installed windows movie maker on a new installation of win7 pro. I have directx11 installed. I start by inserting a title into a new project but am unable to play the default title. I have repaired and rei …

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Windows Live Movie Maker

I cant start window movie maker, it says the side by side configuration is incorrect whenever I try to start it. I used the program a few weeks ago with no issues.

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Unable to launch Windows Live Movie Maker

Original title: Windows Live Movie Maker I cant start window movie maker, it says the side by side configuration is incorrect whenever I try to start it. I used the program a few weeks ago with no issues.

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Windows Movie Maker not showing pictures/videos

I am having an issue with WMM - it is not showing ANY pictures or videos that I have added to my .wlmp file. However, I have 41+ minutes of video in there, but instead it is acting like I have zero. When I go into the 'V …

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Splitting Failure

Hello, I am in the middle of putting together a larger size movie in movie maker (I re-downloaded the most recent program last week). I have been encountering several issues/glitches. In splitting scenes together, some o …

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Movie Maker Error 80070003

I am trying to use Movie Maker and I get Error 80070003. Cannot find path specified. What kind of files do I need to prepare?

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Saved Movie Will Not Show Titles, Photos, or Video

I have been working in Windows Movie Maker (2012 version) for a while now. I have tried saving my movie various times, each time with a different setting, but I get the same problem every time. The audio plays without a …

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problems in saving movie maker

Hey so I made this movie in movie maker and each time I try to save the movie it would only show the audio without the pictures itself. I tried all the settings they have but it won't work out... please help.

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black screen in Microsoft Movie Maker

After completing a project on Movie Maker (Windows 7), I tried to save the file in .wmv and .mp4 extensions. After saving, the file opens up and comes up with a black screen and with the audio working well. Any solutions …

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Movie Maker recored Audio Video out of sync after save

I have recorded video from within Movie Maker. The timeline plays fine. The audio video gets out of sync during conversion to mp4 or wmv. The longer the video the worse it gets. I have tried all settings that might affec …

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Windows movie maker- only audio plays, video is black

Hello, I just downloaded windows movie maker 12. It worked just fine but after I tried to add the forth video, it stopped showing the video's and only plays the audio. the first three still work, but the forth is black. …

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Can’t find photos to attach in Windows Photo Gallery

I have quite a few photos stored on my computer and when I open them in photo gallery everything is ok, when I go to attach some of them say to an e-mail or to uoload them to another program like Ancestry, they are not s …

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Photo Gallery

I have quite a few photos stored on my computer and when I open them in photo gallery everything is ok, when I go to attach some of them say to an e-mail or to uoload them to another program like Ancestry, they are not s …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 3, 2015