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Windows Mail won’t open

Hi guys, Please can you help with an issue I have.... My Windows Mail would normally open up fine with no issues at all but recently, over the last couple of days, I dont know whether due to a Windows Update, it wont loa …

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Windows Photo Gallery for Windows 10

You seem to have stopped updates for the above. My package is showing encrypted. Which package do we use now for our photos. My documents seem to be going into Photo Gallery and show PDF. I only want something that is si …

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why not Microsoft Movie Maker 2.6 on windows 10

Microsoft Movie Maker 2.6 is still my favorite movie make but it doesn't seem to work on Windows 10. The new Movie Maker doesn't have all the great features that I need to use on a daily basis. Is there any way to adapt …

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Story Remix download?

So apparently the successor to Movie Maker is coming with the next update to Windows...and it is already available in preview builds. It is called Story Remix. Assuming (and you know what that does) that it is a modern, …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 15, 2017

Windows Movie Maker Projects

Oh....My.....Life.... I updated my Windows 10...I've been doing some little video projects for work in Movie Maker. All great....Until I switched on my laptop and.... WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER HAS DISAPPEARED! It was a 20 minu …

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Windows Movie Maker Music Glitch

Hello, I have recently set up a YouTube channel on which I upload songs that I create in a program called Fl Studio 12. So far, I have uploaded 4 songs to my channel, using Windows Movie Maker to add the audio itself to …

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Movie maker glitch

I saved 2 copies of a project in case something happened. I just finished adding about 100clips to a 5 minute project and i was trying to split one of the clips and when i clicked it all of the clips dissapeared. I tried …

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Photo gallery keeps crashing – Windows 7

I have seen several posts regarding the Photo Gallery crashing, this I have experienced since the purchase of my new computer, over a year ago. My prior desktop I had no issues. I have read several fixes posted but no re …

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windows movie maker

I made videos on XP and Vista in Windows Media Player/Windows Movie Maker. I just purchased a new computer with Windows 10 and had all my files transferred. Windows 10 does not have a Windows Movie Maker, and I cannot op …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 14, 2017

Windows Movie Maker

Is it NOT possible to save a movie in Windows Movie Maker to DVD???? If it is not possible - what can I use that would be compatible??

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 14, 2017

Windows Movie maker.

Hi guys I format my windows 8.1 system and I loose my windows essential along with movie maker and i would like to use windows movie maker. But I cant find out in the web. Please any body can help me ?? How can I get win …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 14, 2017

Movie Maker turns music into high-pitched sounds

When editing, I usually add music in my projects. Two times so far, when I have added the music, it turns into high pitched sounds. The picture shows what they look like. The music however can't be heard as many times as …

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Movie maker

So love the capabilities of this program its great editing music loader. but there are a couple things you can narrate and also add one music file cant preload for narrator it would help greatly if you could add many mus …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 14, 2017

A problem with movie maker

When i try to open Movie maker from my computer this message shown up, and it doesnt let me open it. Could someone tell me what to do in order to make it work?

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 11, 2017

Movie Maker

Movie Maker and Windows Essentials 2012 won't start after Windows Creator update. How can I fix this problem? and is there an alternative to Movie Maker? Thanks In anticipation. Brian

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 11, 2017

Black bars on all sides in any resolution

My PC resolution is 1920x1200 and when recording with Nvidia Shadowplay, the recordings are 1728x1080. If I view these recordings in their raw form, they are completely full screen with no black bars anywhere. If I put t …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 10, 2017

Movie Maker Split Glitch

When I try to split a clip on movie maker, most of the clips get removed. It can be seen here: https://youtu.be/M4kN4ULA6bQ

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 10, 2017

Movie Maker Split Glitch

When I try to split a clip on movie maker, most of the clips get removed. It can be seen here: https://youtu.be/M4kN4ULA6bQ

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 10, 2017

Movie Maker

I've made 100's of dvd from pictures and music. When I went to publish it as a dvd playable on a dvd player, the option wasn't there. Am I missing something. I want to make it playable on a dvd player for our graduation …

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