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Movies in moviemaker won’t play when I add music.

I finished a show with movie makers which contains pictures and movies. Everything works fine until I add music to the show. Once I add music the movie parts show nothing and the music doesn't play. Detail: Everything st …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 10, 2014

Saving M2TS files with Windows Movie Maker

I've just tried to save a Movie Maker Project as a video and it tells me that the file may be corrupted or that it's not supported. The video file I'm trying to save is an M2TS file, which from what solutions I've been s …

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Migration From iPhoto/Aperture to Live Gallery

With the demise of Apple Aperture and the age of my iMac, I am considering moving back from OSX to Windows. Live Gallery looks like it has all of the tools that I use regularly. I have an Office 365 account, so the soon …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 9, 2014

modify the resolution of a picture with photo gallery

HI, Before Windows 13, I used picture manager a lot. Now that I have Windows 2013, can you tell me how I can modify the resolution of a picture with photo gallery? of is there an equivalent of Picture Manager: simple and …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 9, 2014

I can not find video transitions in movie maker

I have windows 8.1 and have downloaded Windows Essentials in order to get Movie Maker. I've checked on line about inserting transitions between clips, but the procedure described (click on the 2nd clip, go to TOOLS and t …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 8, 2014

Captions

In Photo Gallery and Win7 I have added captions to images, but the captions do not display in a "slideshow." Should they be visible in a slideshow? Or what should I do differently to make a caption/title appear? Thanks f …

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Windows Movie Maker will not reopen a .wlmp file

This issue is getting me very upset very quickly. I was creating a video of my family through Windows Movie Maker. Midway through I saved it and decided to work on it later. When I came back to reopen I got an error mess …

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I cannot open movie maker

When I attempt to run Movie Maker, it opens for a split second and then pulls up with an error message. I did compatibility troubleshooting and all it says is that it is incompatible. I have uninstalled and reinstalled t …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 8, 2014

I cannot open movie maker: Error code 0x80004005

When I attempt to run Movie Maker, it opens for a split second and then pulls up with an error message. I did compatibility troubleshooting and all it says is that it is incompatible. I have uninstalled and reinstalled t …

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Can’t edit captions or titles in Movie Maker

Every time I try to edit the title or captions, when I choose how I want them to look, the little slide screen goes blank. Then when I click on it, nothing changed. I've tried saving after each edit, but it doesn't work. …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 7, 2014

Can’t edit credits or titles in Movie Maker

Every time I try to edit the title or credits, when I choose how I want them to look, the little slide screen goes blank. Then when I click on it, nothing changed. I've tried saving after each edit, but it doesn't work. …

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Photo Gallery

I am running Windows 8.1 I can not edit my pictures. A "pop up" appears when I select: edit, organize, share . . . It states: Photo Gallery can't find a folder. The following folder couldn't be found: C: \Users\Jack\Desk …

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Something’s missing!

(x86)\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\MovieMaker.exe" That's what I have installed in my HP vista Home premium PC. But there is no storyboard and the timeline and audio are combined. So how can I delete the music and replace …

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Bizarre WL Essentials Uninstall Problem

I have apparently downloaded WL Essentials. All I can find on my desktop is WL Media Player. Several days ago, I had a AskMicrosoft tech find WL Mail and place a shortcut on the Start Page and the Desktop - Windows 8.1. …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 6, 2014

Photo Gallery changes the ‘Date Taken’

Photos I have on Photo Gallery randomly get the 'date taken' changed. I have photos I have looked at many times and they are in the correct sequence. Then suddenly one day I will notice that some of them show up with a d …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 5, 2014