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make dvd with photos and music

I have windows 10 I tried the windows media player I can burn the files to a dvd-r but the files do not run at the same time I looked at windows movie maker but don't see any way to burn the files [Moved from: Windows / …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 12, 2017

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how to remove double blue arrows from thumbnail views in windows photo gallery

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Windows 8.1 Live Essentials Mail stopped working 2017

I have a laptop with no disc drawer, and came loaded with Windows 8.1. I have restored from a dates weeks ago, and updates all installed. I have uninstalled Live Essentials and re-installed from the Wayback Machine site. …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 9, 2017

Windows Movie Maker

When I purchased my new laptop a few months ago Windows Movie Maker no longer exists. The Movie Maker in app store is a a sorry and sad substitute if this is supposed to be the replacement. Is there a Windows Movie Maker …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 9, 2017

Windows Movie Maker

I recently had to replace my computer after Hurricane Harvey. My old computer was running Windows 10 and I had previously installed Windows Movie Maker. I am trying to get my new computer with Windows 10 updated with all …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 8, 2017

Will Movie Maker ever return?

I'm really missing Movie Maker. I have Story Remix downloaded but I just don't feel it's giving me enough of the creativity I need, like MM did. Is there any way Movie Maker will be able to return in the future? It was s …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 5, 2017

Photo Gallery

How do I rearrange picture order within a folder? Used to be able to drag and drop, but it's not working with Windows 10.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 5, 2017

Windows live Photo

I have THOUSANDS of photos tagged (people place etc..) using Windows live photo gallery(I think it used to be called picture it library) on my old laptop. I want to move them to my new computer but the photo software on …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 4, 2017

Movie Maker audio track stopping prematurely

I am using Windows 7 on a desktop PC. I often make photo videos with the help of Windows Movie Maker or sometimes with Windows Photo Story 3. Normally they work fine, but recently I faced a strange problem. I imported mu …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 4, 2017

Movie Maker Help

Am new to Movie Maker. Have edited the video & want to upload to facebook. Hit the FB icon, select the "recommended size" but nothing happens. Have tried selecting smaller size but still nothing.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 3, 2017

audio fades in and out for no reason

After adding a score to a video I'm working on the audio track fades in and out getting very loud and quiet. the audio file does not do this on its own only while in movie maker.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 3, 2017

Movie Maker

I have been trying to access a video saved on Movie Maker for the last 24 hours. I've purchased and downloaded apps trying to resolve the issue. I even got highjacked to a "partner" company of Microsoft that clearly wasn …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 2, 2017

photo gallery

how do i update photo gallery? want to open photos attached to email but photo gallery says I don't have appropriate dates to do this. Moved from: Windows / Windows 10 / Windows update, recovery, & backup / PC

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 30, 2017

photo gallery

how do i update photo gallery? want to open photos attached to email but photo gallery says I don't have appropriate dates to do this. Moved from: Windows / Windows 10 / Windows update, recovery, & backup / PC

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 30, 2017

Moviemaker

When creating a movie, is there a way to add a file of photos -- a "select all?" Or do I have to add each photo separately?

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 29, 2017

Uninstall Windows Essentials 2012

I want to uninstall Windows Essentials 2012 because I am using my Outlook express 2017... Can I do this by going to programs and clicking uninstall,and if I do will it affect my Outlook Express performance? Moved from: W …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 28, 2017