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Windows Photo Gallery not working

I have Windows 7 and the Windows Photo Gallery is no longer working. I went to the Microsoft site to " Fix problems with Windows Live Photo Gallery that is not working" and when I try to run the Fix It solution I get an …

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Cannot open/edit .WLMP files with Movie Maker 2012

OK - so I have an issue with Windows Live Movie Maker files that were created on my old PC (Windows 7 - I believe with Movie Maker 2012). I have a new 64bit PC with Windows 8.1 - and I installed (and re-installed) Window …

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Windows Photo Gallery

Each time I try to open Windows Photo Gallery, I get a message "Photo Gallery has stopped working" WLXP Photo Gallery is incompatible

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 4, 2014

Suddenly I Can’t Sign In to Community Anymore

Since I installed Windows Movie Maker, I'm unable to sign in to the Microsoft Community. When I open the Community Home Page and click on Sign In, OR paste the url for the Sign In page into the address bar, IE simply goe …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 4, 2014

Incorrect date in the name of the pictures trasferred

Hello, When I transfer photos from my digital camera using Photo Gallery, all of the pictures have the same date in the name (the date of the first photo). If I click on each individual photo and go to property, there is …

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Windows Essential Mail – New Account Won’t Sync

I added a new account to Windows Mail and I get an empty error message. It won't synch. The other accounts I've added work just fine. What do I need to do? Version Version 2012 (Build 16.4.3528.0331) Server https://mail. …

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Why am I seeing ERROR 0x80070005 Real tired of it!

IN PHOTO GALLERY ONLY! And from "Photo Gallery" I IMPORT videos / pics w/my Sony and then USUALLY....I'm able, as is my work....to open / edit, what pics I need and put into "MOVIE MAKER" from where I edit and UPLOAD to …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 3, 2014

Windows Movie Maker 2012

Sept 3 2014 I am wondering if Windows Movie maker 2012 for my Windows 7 desktop is the lastest and newest version? When I look at videos on Utube they show an easier different version but it says Windows Movie Maker 2012 …

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Movie Maker Chapters

I have completed a Movie via Movie Maker. I saved it on the computer for now but plan to burn it to a DVD in the near future. When I watch it on the computer there is no way to skip from one clip to another. I was hoping …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 2, 2014

Pulling Audio Files for Movie Maker

For some reason, I am unable to pull audio files for my Movie Maker Projects. I used to be able to, but now it won't recognize any audio file formats. What do I need to do? Without audio, Movie maker is unusable to me. I …

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Moviemaker

I saved many movies using Moviemaker 2011 as WMV files. I recently upgraded to Moviemaker 2012 and none of them open anymore. I get error message saying I am missing a codec but I can play in the movie easily in Windows …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 1, 2014

.MOV file in movie maker

Have successfully used .MOV files in movie maker,saved,burnt disc etc. Now I am doing a re-edit for a shorter version and when trying to save the final movie file , I get the error 0x87160139 message and I find one of th …

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Using Live Movie Maker

Did my first practice video/picture project. After burning it to a disc and replaying it, the videos and pictures replay in a scrambled manner and then replay even though I did not press a replay button. Tried several ti …

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Windows Essentials has stopped working – windows 8

I'm unable to open any Windows Essentials 2012 apps. I've uninstalled, installed, and repaired and am still unable to open any of the components. Since an "all" isn't an option for "Product" I just picked Movie Maker. He …

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voice recording problem

hello... i have a problem when i am trying to record my voice in movie maker (i have the latest edition and i have downloaded free sound recorder). the problem is when i am trying to hear what i recorded, i hear a sound …

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Saving Movie File in Movie Maker

I loaded a video clip to Movie Maker, rotate it 90 degrees and then "Save Movie" in a Windows Medea Video file. However, when I replay this Movie file, there is no video. The correct audio is played though. What did I do …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Aug 29, 2014