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HD Movie Maker Pro

I need help asap! I have created a movie for my grandfather who is dying and when I go to create the output video, I get the following message: Failed to create the output video. Please try again! (Access is denied: (Exc …

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Where can I download Windows Movie Maker?

I ones came to the windows community and someone put a place to download it from the files they had, but I cannot find it any more. I would like to have my Windows Movie Maker back because it got erased by accident and m …

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Movie Maker

I brought joy to many old folks in homes by covering events and collecting photos taken by carers, and producing a movie of pics with the effects and sound track. All of this was possible using movie maker and was very g …

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windows live gallery

suddenly it doesn't work fully , is there a type of way to find out why whats wrong, . do I need to re download something on windows 7 I don't want to upgrade, I hate computers, I can only use what I am taught, I never u …

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No picture!

I lost my Windows Movie Maker (classic, which Microsoft no longer offers [windows essentials]). But, I have tried downloading the program through a few random websites. So far, I've managed to get it downloaded BUT NO pi …

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windows live movie maker

I have Windows 10, and I see that Windows Movie Maker is no longer available for download. PLEASE, I need a comparable alternative. One post suggested using Photo Gallery, but I have not had success.j thanks in advance, …

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Windows Movie Maker

When I create a video in Movie Maker and save it at the highest resolution for HD playback on YouTube it shows up smaller than full screen. Everyone else seems to have their HD and 4K videos on YouTube fill up the entire …

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Windows Movie Maker deletes content.

Well ... not really ... But, although the project files are still there, they are now empty. Projects that I've slaved over for hours, picking clips here and clips there and putting them ... here and there ... have been …

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Can you or can you not download Windows Essentials

I have got an 800 number from the virtual assistant at the Microsoft Support site after logging in, and they told me it would be free of charge to get my question answered. A recording on the 800 number said that I could …

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Moviemaker not saving text changes

When I make changes to the text in Moviemaker such as color , font etc ..I hit save yet those changes are not saved ..it is version 2.3.03.15 on my samsung phone

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Windows Movie Maker

Hi there I have certain projects on my last windows 8.1 which I created through live movie maker but now I want to edit them and the system is denying saying that Microsoft Essential 2012 is no more the part of Windows. …

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windows movie maker

Hello I had used windows movie maker last year for a video I made and uploaded on youtube so when I tried making a video today on windows movie maker it let me make my video yet when I pressed the save project button so …

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windows movie maker keeps crashing!

I recently started using the free trial version of movie maker. I was working on a video project for 2 days and it was working perfectly. On the third day of working on the same project, as soon as I imported a video the …

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Movie Maker

What would cause my old version of movie maker to refuse to let me login?

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Movie Maker audio

I am making a movie on movie maker. One of the videos I have uploaded have a problem - the sound is faster than the actual video. It says the speed is only 1x, and I tried detaching the audio but nothing works.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 23, 2018

Video and audio is not matching

I am working on movie maker 10 and added 4 videos. After saving, the first 2 videos were fine but the last 2 videos have the problem. The videos are not matching with the audio.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 20, 2018

Video and audio is not matching

I am working on movie maker 10 and added 4 videos. After saving, the first 2 videos were fine but the last 2 videos have the problem. The videos are not matching with the audio.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 20, 2018