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Batch editing in Photo Gallery

I have scanned in a lot of pictures and would like to know if it is possible to do the following: Can you batch edit the following data fields: 1. Date taken 2. Geotag 3. Descriptive Field Is it possible to only have a m …

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Vimeo Uploads from Movie Maker

I want to change the upload settings - password, target folder etc when uploading files to Vimeo. Where on earth do I find the settings? I've looked everywhere that I can think of within the MM program.

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Inconsistant black preview screen.

I added 19 different video clips into Movie Maker, totaling 14 gigs, and slowly they began to show a 1 frame preview in the timeline since I am entirely zoomed out. Near the end however, the loading seemed to stop and 2- …

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Movie Maker

I tried to download Microsoft movie maker 12 for windows 8.1 but once downloaded and run..I can't see the programme in my start list or anywhere. Any suggestions?

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Movie Maker question

I am runinng MM 2012 on Windows 8. How can I get it to upaload an .mpg file (Sony camcorder)?

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Project file corrupted on Windows Live Movie Maker

I'm currently creating a movie for an oral presentation with several people. We were using Windows Movie Maker, editing and cropping our videos. We were using the program for roughly 2 hours before we had to leave school …

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Vimeo Upload Not Working

I am a new MovieMaker user. My first try to upload to Vimeo did not work. Does the product support Vimeo? I use Win7.

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Windows live photo gallery and pictures

Hi, I suspect I have done something wrong as pensioners are prone to do!!! When I look at Windows Live Photo Gallery, I usually get the photos on the right and down the left hand side I get a list of folders with its own …

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My pictures

I have had my laptop for a few years and a few months ago I tried to view my photos and it says " Photo gallery can't open this photo or video. This file may be unsupported, damaged or corrupted. " I have over 2,000 phot …

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Photo Gallery Has Stopped Working

Every time that I open Photo Gallery it works for only a few seconds then says that a problem has come up and that it is searching for a fix with that green bar that moves on the screen. Then it says, "A problem caused t …

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Photos from SD card

Asked by: 0 Points pharmerbill Joined Jan 2011 2 pharmerbill's threads Show activity Top related threads PRINTER ERROR WHEN TRYING TO PRINT FROM DOWNLOAD Error when trying to download Error when try view forums error whe …

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Autoplay issues from SD card

*Original Title: Photos from SD card Asked by: 0 Points pharmerbill Joined Jan 2011 2 pharmerbill's threads Show activity Top related threads PRINTER ERROR WHEN TRYING TO PRINT FROM DOWNLOAD Error when trying to download …

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Family Safety Blocked Sites

I just stared using family safety a few days ago. I blocked a few websites and my child could not view them, but now I see that he can view them. What must I do to keep them blocked? He cannot access my account, the filt …

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Movie maker Youtube upload issue

I have multiple youtube channels I manage but only 1 that I upload to (not my primary) I cannot find a setting in Movie maker to allow me to specify which channel to send the content, it used to work but now its uploadin …

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Audio on Movie Maker

I input audio, just say a song, to Movie Maker, I play it until 2:16, for example, pause it, then play it from right where it's at (2:16), but then it plays from the start! It still shows it's at 2:16, but it plays the b …

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Movie Maker Help.

So I have been using Movie Maker for a long time editing video about 30 minutes in length. Now I have a video 2 hours in length and I'm having trouble. The editing process goes smoothly but after I export it from movie m …

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Problem Importing video from disk

Trying to import video into Movie Maker from a Sony camcorder disk. New R- disk, formatted for video, finalized, and put in computer disk drive. This has worked seamlessly in the past. Now, it will only import about 1 se …

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Movie Maker 2012 Crashes with Error 0xC9460025

Hello, I'm having a problem with Windows Movie Maker 2012 on a two month old computer. Movie Maker crashes whenever I try to add ANIMATIONS (transitions -- dissolves, wipes, etc.) to my video. First the program freezes a …

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