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Movie Maker file compatibility

Hi There I am trying to input some videos into Movie Maker which I have just downloaded and the files are Quick time Movie files and movie maker is saying they aren't compatible. Can someone please tell me what I need to …

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Movie Maker isn’t working!!

I have Windows 7. I downloaded Movie Maker and when I tried to open it, it says: "Sorry, Movie Maker can't start. Make sure your computer meets the minimum system requirements before trying to start Movie Maker again, an …

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

random program closing

Whenever I am working on a project I no longer use movie maker because a message pops up saying windows movie maker has stopped working-a problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the progr …

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

Windows Live Photo Gallery frozen taskbar icon

Uploaded photos to Windows Live Photo Gallery. Requested photos be deleted upon completion of upload. Photos deleted from Camera, but camera icon remains on taskbar. When icon is clicked, the following appears. I can't m …

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

Windows Movie Maker sound problems

I've been having this problem for some time now; pretty much since Windows 8 did a recent update several months ago to "8.1". Sound in Movie Maker is hit and miss. I also see quite a few other people here in the forum wi …

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

Creating a video

I edited clips using Windows Movie Maker, and am on to my next part of my project. This includes putting all of my clips together to form one video, but it is telling me that Movie Maker doesn't support the selected type …

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Creating a video

I edited clips using Windows Movie Maker, and am on to my next part of my project. This includes putting all of my clips together to form one video, but it is telling me that Movie Maker doesn't support the selected type …

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

movie maker is not like before!

Hello everyone! One time (a couple of years ago) I used movie maker to create videos. I tried to do it again, but the program layout is changed, I can upload short videos but before I could view and modify contents seein …

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error 8×80040609

Trying to install windows essentials, stops say error 8x80040609 messenger, what's this and what do I do? regards john page

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Photo Gallery Screen Saver goes blank

I'm aware that the problem has been discussed before. I'm posting because the prescribed fixes don't work. Symptoms: When the Photo Gallery Screen Saver is selected, the screen goes black and in addition the computer doe …

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

Movie Maker Not Saving To Computer?

I have recently been having problems with my version of moviemaker, Its the latest one for my computer, I'm on windows 7 so I have that version of movie maker. The problem is that I make my movies just fine, I mainly use …

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

MM saved file corrupt after changing the filename

After saving a Movie Maker file as .wmv to computer movie form to disk, I changed the name (same .wmv extension) and then it fails to open due to a corrupt file. Does the file store the original name inside and not allow …

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

Loading Windows Live Photo Gallery

Recently, whenever I attempt to load Windows Live Photo Gallery it takes a full 10 minutes (or more) to open. It's never taken this long before. What might be the problem and what can I do to speed up the process? Please …

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