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Renaming folders in the Windows Live Photo Galllery

I have just made the change from totally using Libraries-Pictures and Picasa for editing to Windows Live Photo Gallery. When I try to rename a folder, the change will show in the little area on the bottom right, but will …

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.wlmp file corrupted

A wlmp I have saved has become corrupted (NSW2). Can anyone help, thanks? https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=5092A456BBC3C8B5%21106

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Mar 31, 2015

Windows Essentials

I was having trouble uploading a video onto youtube, I searched the net and the suggestion was to remove Windows Essentials and reload it which I did now it won't work. It keeps saying dll missing, I try to reload it and …

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Windows Movie Maker: Can’t upload to youtube

When i try and upload a video from windows movie maker, it doesn't work. When it asks me to sign in, i put my password and username in (which is my gmail account) it tells me there is either an invalid password or userna …

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

Windows Movie Maker Glitches and Lags

I'm trying to edit with windows movie maker, but whenever I split a video, the part after doesn't show. And it stops playing sometimes. In other words, it's glitchy and laggy. Can someone please help me?

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

Importing photos showing Picasa 3 enhancements

I am building a movie with approximately 500 slides. Previously, I enhanced each slide using Picasa 3. When I try to bring in those photos the images do NOT retain the Picasa changes; only the original images. How can I …

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Photo Gallery Folders

When I put pictures into a folder, it automatically sets up a sub-folder for the date. How can I eliminate the sub-folder? (I know there is a screen where you check "save by date") and I want to un-check that)

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No Audio in Windows Movie Maker

I recently bought a new webcam. It's a Blue Microphone Eyeball 2.0. I successfully installed it, used it with Skype, so I'm confident it works. I filmed a short test video using Windows Movie maker, but when I played it …

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Windows Movie Make File Corrupt

Hi I have spent hours/days makeing a wedding video for a friend. I have been saving the project along the way. I have just added another piece of music and the video started to play up and closed. When I opened it again …

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

Windows Movie Make File Corrupt

Hi I have spent hours/days makeing a wedding video for a friend. I have been saving the project along the way. I have just added another piece of music and the video started to play up and closed. When I opened it again …

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

Movie Maker Problem

I have installed the Live Windows Essentials for photo gallery and movie maker. However, the movie maker doesn't work. I double click Movie Maker icon and pop up message window. "Sorry, MovieMaker can’t start. Make sure …

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Lost Transition in my Windows Movie Maker

Help! The transition in my windows movie maker are lost. Only 6 left. I tried to search online regarding the same problem I'm experiencing but some solution applies to Windows 7 and old version of movie maker. I tried to …

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WMM suddenly shows only one part of the entire project

Hello! My video project is 20 min long and consists of 210 parts. It happened during editing, that somehow I still can see all the thumbnails and the number of parts, but only 53 of them are playing, then it revinds to t …

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