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Sort order lost again in photo gallery

I already had this problem a few years back and it was solved by downloading photo gallery 2012. I have been using the program for sorting my photos happily ever since then. But now they did it again: My usual sort order …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 30, 2014

Photo Gallery–Sorting within a folder.

Photo Gallery--I want to be able to sort alphanumerically by Caption or Filename within a folder. (I've assigned Captions and Filenames to each of my photos that, if sorted alphanumerically, would put them in order chron …

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

Windows 7 Movie Maker

Some videos I have taken are saved as MOV files and some as wmv files. Why is that? and what is the default?

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.mov files crash Movie Maker

I'm trying to use Movie Maker in Windows 8.1 for the first time. Every time I open a .mov file, Movie Maker immediately crashes. I've attempted it several times and the program has shut down each time.

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

Movie Maker is crashing because of mfreadwrite.dll

Microsoft support specialists have been troubleshooting my problem with movie maker and below is what they suggested. can you help please? Thank you for waiting. Our support specialists have checked the information that …

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Windows Live Essentials 2011

I have this installed in my programs & features. I do not use Messenger 11.5 anymore and not sure what else it works with. I want to uninstall it, but not sure I should since I know I cannot download it anymore. Would yo …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 28, 2014

How to uninstall Windows Live Essentials 2011

I have this installed in my programs & features. I do not use Messenger 11.5 anymore and not sure what else it works with. I want to uninstall it, but not sure I should since I know I cannot download it anymore. Would yo …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 28, 2014

Error code 0x80048849

After installing Windows Live Essentials, I have been unable to get Mail to work. It either says Error 0x80048849 or it says I need to connect to the internet ( I am). My email address is xxxx@ outlook.com. I have uninst …

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Please help! Problem with Audio in Windows Movie Maker

I have searched the forum and am not able to find an answer to this specific issue, but I am ready to pull my hair out with frustration! I have been asked to create a slide show for my son's graduation tomorrow night (5/ …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 28, 2014

Best device to run Windows Movie Maker

I'm trying to determine if I can use a Windows 8 tablet to run Windows Movie Maker or do I need to purchase a laptop (I prefer a hybrid laptop)? I've got a budget of $500 so my options are limited. I've been told I need …

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Issues in movie maker live

so I have Movie maker installed imported my raw footage edited the movie and it looks good till I finalize the movie. What ever format I put it into I get the same results. I even published it to you tube to no avail. ht …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 27, 2014

Windows Explorer Picture Views

In Windows Explorer My Pictures Folders when opened used to display small photos. Now they display only common icons. Under 'View' & 'More Options' I don't see any option to get small photos. I had to have Windows 7 re-i …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 27, 2014

New emails disappear

I am beside myself with this issue and request help from the Community. I have a client running Windows 7 - he uses Windows Essentials 2011 - the email part of it as an email client. For no reason at all it suddenly will …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 27, 2014

X The system cannot find the path specified

Hi, I am unable to access movie maker, I use windows 7. It shows red X, Even after updating the current version. I can't access it, It used to work perfectly fine earlier. Not any more :( Please help, maz

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 26, 2014

Can’t download movie maker error code 0x800b010e

I've tried installing just the movie maker and the whole windows essentials package, but neither have worked. I get an error 0x800b010e and it says it is unable to download. I have windows 7, and have checked that I have …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 26, 2014

Unable to install Movie Maker

I have a PC running Windows 7 Home Premium with Service Pack 1, 64-bit. The PC has 8GB RAM, 1TB of hard drive space with approx. one-third free space available. I've tried downloading and installing Movie Maker on severa …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 26, 2014

movie maker

I have Asus Eee with widows 7 starter. It has windows movie maker but not DVD Maker. I have external asus dvd rw.and want to go directly from movie maker to dvd maker. Any way to download.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 26, 2014

Johan L

I have videos in avi-format which I want to edit with moviemaker. Moviemaker however only works on wlmp and mswmm-formats. How can I covert avi to wlmp and/or mswmm.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 25, 2014

How can I convert avi to wlmp and/or mswmm?

Original title: Johan L I have videos in avi-format which I want to edit with moviemaker. Moviemaker however only works on wlmp and mswmm-formats. How can I covert avi to wlmp and/or mswmm.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 25, 2014