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Cannot open corrupted wlmp file

Hi, After MovieMaker crashed while working on a project, I cannot seem to be able to open the saved wlmp. I'm getting an "Sorry, Movie Maker can't open this project file. The might not be compatible with ..." I've placed …

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

Windows Essentials file removed!

I accidentally (really) deleted a file titled something like - "Windows Essential Installer". What is the effect and how to I remedy this error?

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

Movie Maker won’t burn a DVD

My computer recently did an update and now I can't get Movie Maker to burn to DVDs. When I try to burn, it keeps opening Media Player and states I have the most recent version then closes without letting my burn the DVD. …

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

Emphasizing Narration/Video in Movie Maker

Hey all, I'm making a video using Movie Maker. At some points, I want to emphasize narration; I will be doing a voiceover and inserting some recordings. But there are a few moments where I want the video itself to be the …

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Issues installing windows essentials on my windows 8

I have been trying to install the windows essentials on my new computer.. when I do the download it gives me the 32bit version and freezes at 34%. Is there a 64 bit version or I am in need of some serious help getting th …

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

photo gallery /microsoft word .for windows 8

trying to make my own designs up for my family tree in word, i have made out a pattern by using 3 cm by 3 cm squares to put in one square .type text the name birth death of a person then another square with a photo but f …

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MOVIE MAKER EDITING

How do I cut out a section midway through the video, and how do I get rid of the background noise leaving just the music I have added.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 17, 2014

windows live writer

I am running 32 bit Vista. Windows mail will not send email photo attachments. It has been suggested that I install Windows Live Mail but delete Windows Writer because of a related security issue with Vista. What does Wr …

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Movie Maker Won’t Start

Hi I have attempted to use Windows Movie Maker but get the message: "Sorry, Movie Maker can't start. Make sure that your computer meets the minimum requirements before trying ti start Movie Maker again, then try to updat …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 17, 2014

PHOTO Gallery

Same problem as everyone else sending photos on windows 8.1 and trying to find an e-mail association. The standard answer seems to be to have a default mail client. I have windows mail and it is my default and it still d …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 16, 2014

PHOTO Gallery

Same problem as everyone else sending photos on windows 8.1 and trying to find an e-mail association. The standard answer seems to be to have a default mail client. I have windows mail and it is my default and it still d …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 16, 2014

No Thumbnails in Windows 7 Movie Maker 2012

After adding video from a home video DVD (.VOB file) the thumbnails are just gray. If I click anywhere in the thumbnails the video will play in the preview window and I can edit the video. No thumbnails does make a slow …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 16, 2014

Movie Maker

Everytime I try to save my movie it crashes and says windows is looking for a solution to this problem then it closes. I used to be able to save and do everything and now it won't work.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 16, 2014

Windows essentials malware management

Recently all websites became infested with ad popups and rogue "off" sites Google became unusable. Why does Windows Essentials Malware Management fail to catch these? Malwarebytes did, found over 100 "badguys to delete" …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 16, 2014

Windows Movie Maker Black Screen

When I try to preview or publish projects in movie maker, some of the clips just play as black screens but still have the audio. This used to only happen sometimes and I could close and reopen the file to fix it, but now …

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Movie Maker ERROR 0x80004003

I started making an edited movie in WMM. I used MP4 files at first, and tried to save it as a WMV, but it gave an error saying it couldn't save. So I looked it up, and found out WMM could use MP4 files in a WMLP, but for …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 15, 2014

Movie Maker

Hello, I'm taking an online speech class where I need to insert power point slides into my webcam video and I cannot figure out how to do it. If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated! Heather Finn

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 15, 2014

Windows Live Movie Maker messing up the audio!

After finishing up a project with Windows Live Movie Maker, I went to save my movie and it saved fine. I played the file from the folder in my computer, and the audio was repetitive and completely messed up. I tried re-s …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 15, 2014