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Error code, ID: Ox8CCCE008 in Windows Photo Gallery

I was in "Windows Photo Gallery," I selected a photo and clicked on "email the photo" (this is the first time I have ever tryed to do this) The email window came up, I typed my email address on the TO: line, then typed a …

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Movie Maker 2011

Have project ready to copy to DVD. Can't access DVD Maker from Movie Maker. Does not appear in drop down. Any suggestions?

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Music on Mover Maker

I have uploaded multiple songs onto the video I am making to see if anything works, but all the songs are silent. The sound is on on the computer and Movie Maker. I don't know what the problem is.

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Error Code 0x8004889C

I keep on getting the same error code I cannot upload out of movie maker, even after saving movie to PC. Cannot even upload manually. getting the same error code every time

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Papa John

It's me again. Remember, I have Windows 7 with Movie Maker. and today I'm getting the 0x80070015 error message this morning and when I try to play my movie, all I get is the sound and captions...no video. Trouble is I se …

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corrupt wlmp file on windows movie maker- help?

I was working on a project in movie maker, and the program crashed. When I re-opened the file, which was saved, it said sorry, Movie Maker can't open this project file. The file might not be compatible with Movie Maker o …

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Paste to Photo Gallery

Got a series of pics sent to me by email in Adobe Reader format. I want to move one into Photo Gallery. If I select the one I want there is no option to "save as", only to copy or print, among a very few other limited op …

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My Movie Maker DVD

Why won't my Movie Maker DVD operate in a DVD player. The message "Unknown Disc" or "Error" pops up on the p;layers.

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Can’t re-open or close a file in Photo Gallery

I have photo gallery 2012 which I was using successfully on Vista. I've now switched to Windows 8.1. I can import photos from my camera and edit, but when I attempt to close the file or reopen, a message says it can't be …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 19, 2014

Live photo gallery

I have photo gallery 2012 which I was using successfully on Vista. I've now switched to Windows 8.1. I can import photos from my camera and edit, but when I attempt to close the file or reopen, a message says it can't be …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 19, 2014

Strange Live Writer Behaviour

I've used Live Writer for years and thought I was pretty familiar with it. Recently, I changed Themes for my Blogger blog and since them LW has been giving me some problems. Here's a strange one: When I go to Options > P …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 19, 2014

disabling live photo gallery

I use Faststone for my photo editing and having live photo gallery is causing confusion/overlap. Can I disable live photo gallery? If not, if I uninstall it and want it back, can I reinstall it for free?

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 19, 2014

Movie maker poor quality problems , please help

Why is that whenever I drag a video clip into the timeline (preview) of windows movie maker and play it back, the quality goes down a lot? (streaks and poor quality) The video clip is fine when I'm playing it through the …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 18, 2014