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photo gallery 2012 fails on two-finger scroll win 8.1

Hi, it seems no one else has had this issue because neither google nor microsoft forums have anything like this that i can find. So i just last week bought a new laptop which has windows 8.1. one of the first things i in …

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How can I stop outgoing e-mails being duplicated?

OT: Duplicate e-mails. I have a Hotmail account which was accessed via Outlook. We now have a new PC with windows 8.1. E-mails go out saying "from windows Mail". I appeared to have lost all the groups I had set up. I hav …

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files corrupt upon saving

I can see the video clip on my computer but when I import it into Movie Maker it says it is corrupted. this has happened several times. One clip worked fine, but subsequent ones have not. They are the same format: *.mts …

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Missing photos!

I wanted to move some photos from the Photo Gallery into a special desktop folder. The transfer went well but when I deleted the photos from Photo Gallery it also deleted my photos from the special folder. I am unable to …

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system can not find the path specified

When I try to start Movie Maker error message appears "System can not find path specified." I am running Windows 7, I downloaded and installed two Live Essentials prograams - Photo Gallary and Movie Maker. Photo Gallary …

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Microsoft MoveMaker

I currently am running Windows 8.1 and have used MovieMaker to put together video clips taken with my camera. I would like to know what setting to choose to save my project so that it can be played on a DVD player or TV …

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Importing to photo gallery from iphone crashes?

Hi running windows 8.1 on 2 separate laptops with an iPhone 6 and iphone 5. When trying to import photos and video from iPhones photo gallery says there is a problem and restarts the import process. This appears to happe …

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Zoom

I cant zoom in movie maker with the zoom and pan controls.

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Corrupt wlmp file-school project due tomorrow!

Help! My windows movie maker 2012 crashed and it cannot open my file anymore. I worked several hours on it and I do not want to redo everything. My file is on https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=5ECD64DAD63B4997%21518 …

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Windows live movie maker mf.dll error

I have got Windows 8.1 but I installed Winows live movie maker for Win7 it didnt't work...then I deleted it and installed it via Winodws Essential and now it says MF.dll PLease help Also kindly mention how do I uninstall …

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Can’t import music

I have only used Movie Maker to cut and edit music and I have never used it for videos. When my old computer died I downloaded the program onto my new computer. But niw I have been unable to do anything as it won't let m …

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Movie Maker instalation

Hello, When I install just movie maker from Microsoft Essintials, it currupts a bunch of file.I know I could go through and change all the files to be open with something other than Microsoft Essentials but that seems to …

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Photo Gallery 2012 – Find – Text Search

In Photo Gallery 2012, I do not know how to search for part of a filename. I have some files that are older and were named before spaces were allowed in the filenames. When I use "Text Search" from the Find menu, it only …

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Movie maker wont save the movie!

Every time I try to save the movie as the published movie it tells me I dont have enough space. I tried Mp4 and .wmv and neither work. I tried saving to my computer and exterall drive. My external hard drive as 1.60TB fr …

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Save edited photo gallery photo

Windows 7 I can NOT figure out how to edit a photo and save it to the rest of my computer!!! I just downloaded Windows Photo Gallery, since Windows 7 does not come with a program to edit photos. I got the photo just the …

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Video and audio are never in sync

I have used movie maker in the past to make different and has always worked fine for me but recently when i start playing my edited video from the start before i render it for the first 41.29 seconds the video and the mp …

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Video and audio are not in sync

I have used movie maker in the past to make different and has always worked fine for me but recently when i start playing my edited video from the start before i render it for the first 41.29 seconds the video and the mp …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Mar 7, 2015