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Movie Maker Fails to Publish Movie

I am using Movie Maker (build 16.4.3508.0205) on a Windows 8.1 PC (64 bit, 8Gb RAM) trying to publish a movie made from MTS files. I have done this dozens of times on this PC with this version of Movie MAker, but now, al …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 20, 2013

Photo gallery

I am new to windows 8, I want my photos to open in photo gallery when I double click them from a folder. Now they open in whatever its called, full screen that I can't manage. I know I can right click and open with... bu …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 19, 2013

Some clips won’t play

I don't understand, why the clips, I have added to a Movie Maker project, don't work. All the clips in the video are of the same format, and I have recorded them myself. But suddenly, while I am editing, more than half o …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 19, 2013

importing PRX files in Movie Maker 2012

I have a PRX file (Windows Media Profile) that I managed to use successfully with Windows Movie Maker before I switched computers (the old one died). So now I am using Windows 7 (64bit) and Windows Movie Maker 2012 (v16. …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 19, 2013

windows movie maker not playing my file i just created

Hi there, I am in a bit of a pickle and really do not know much about computers. I have been working on a project for the past month for our family, finally finished last night and saved it at 12:18 am. At 6 am I tried t …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 19, 2013

Video overlay, picture in picture, or split screen?

Hi, I've been researching this and I'm not finding that this is a feature available in Windows Movie Maker, but can you please provide suggestions/ideas on how I can do this? I usually use Windows Movie Maker to create m …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 17, 2013

Windows Movie Maker 2012 and black screen for video

I have recently upgraded to Windows 8.1 (8GB RAM; and drivers updated for AMD and Intel Display adapters) The Windows Movie Maker 2012 when editing videos shows a black screen for video only , but the audio can be heard …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 17, 2013

Emailing photos

Today I could send photos from Photo Gallery once. I tried this many months ago and it didn't work. I was surprised when it worked today but after the one time today it isn't responding again. I do not have an email icon …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 17, 2013

Emailing photos

Today I could send photos from Photo Gallery once. I tried this many months ago and it didn't work. I was surprised when it worked today but after the one time today it isn't responding again. I do not have an email icon …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 17, 2013

Windows Essential does not work after downloading.

Dear all, I wish to seek help and answer from Microsoft Community. I have downloaded Windows Essentials 2012 from Microsoft's website. However, it does not work after installing. A notification saying that "Click 'close' …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 17, 2013

Photo Gallery

I cant get Photo Gallery to open. It wants me to delete off line files Where do I find them & how is it done? Many thanks

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 16, 2013

Window movie maker twitches my videos

My windows movie maker worked fine before but now whenever I try to edit a video, my videos end up twitching or flickering in the previews and even after saving.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 16, 2013

Photo Gallery

I cant get it to open. It says to delete off line files before it can work. How do I find these off line files please? Thanks for any help offered.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 16, 2013

Photo Gallery – Cannot open

I cant get it to open. It says to delete off line files before it can work. How do I find these off line files please? Thanks for any help offered.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 16, 2013

Movie Maker malfunction

Hi, I'm having this problem about movie maker, when i add photos and played it(slideshow) ,it is not in the order that I arranged. It was shuffled. Also when I click a certain picture, let's call it "x.png", the preview …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 16, 2013

Editing DVD with Movie Maker

Hey, I am trying to edit some dvds. when I open the vob file with windows movie maker, there is no sound just the video, anyone knows how to fix this problem? Thanks

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 15, 2013