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Movie Maker not working

Hi all, I know movie maker is out dated now but I have had some serious issues that I would like to fix. While trying to save movies last night it was telling me "Movie maker trans coder has stopped working" and it did n …

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

I can’t get my wlmp file to open in Movie Maker

I made a video long time ago, and now when I am trying to open doesn't let me do it, something in a meaning of that the project is not there, and I saved the file when I finished with the video. Just to add on this all, …

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

I can’t get my wlmp file to open in Movie Maker

I made a video long time ago, and now when I am trying to open doesn't let me do it, something in a meaning of that the project is not there, and I saved the file when I finished with the video. Just to add on this all, …

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

Windows Movie Maker

I downloaded Windows Movie Maker in April 2017 and it works the same as when I have previously used it (2 years ago) except it now asks for me to buy the full version to export the video I have made. Previously when I ha …

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

Problem uninstalling/reinstalling Windows Essentials

Split from this thread. Hi I've been having problems with Window Live Movie Maker and I've just uninstalled Windows Essentials but when I click on explore.live.co is either says wait till finished uninstall (I think it h …

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

Windows Photo Gallery Live for Windows 10

I understand that this product is no longer supported and no longer available to download from Microsoft. I still want to use this as I haven't found another product which matches the tagging capabilities. I have been us …

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

i can’t download windows movie maker in windows 10.

I tried to download windows movie maker but it said " Windows Essentials 2012 suite reached end of support on January 10, 2017. It is no longer available for download" how can I solve this problem. please my work won't r …

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

PHOTO GALLERY

HOW TO CHANGE ORDER IN WHICH PHOTOS ARE SHOWN <original title: PHOTO GALLARY>

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 7, 2017

Window Movie Maker

My Movie maker did not shut down correctly and now I only have a temp file for my video and it will not open. Is there anything I can do to save the 10 hours worth of work I did on a movie maker project? It was saved man …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 6, 2017

Windows Movie Maker

My Movie maker did not shut down correctly and now I only have a temp file for my video and it will not open. Is there anything I can do to save the 10 hours worth of work I did on a movie maker project? It was saved man …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 6, 2017

Editing videos in Movie Maker

Why does the programs in Windows Live 2011 have less features to them then Windows Essentials 2012? Like for instance, when I opened a movie or video in Movie Maker 2012, I could hear the audio as I edited the video, but …

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

How do I change my default photo viewer app?

I can change the other default apps, but when I try to change the photo viewer app, the settings window closes and the option I clicked isn't set. It still says "TWINUI". The reason I want to change the photo viewer is b …

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

“Windows Live Movie Maker Not Responding”

Whenever I try to get into any existing Live Movie Maker project it immediately locks up and says "Windows Live Movie Maker Not Responding." I have spent about two hours trying to solve this problem, to no avail (I'm run …

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

Windows Live Photo Gallery

I have just re loaded my Windows 10 and no longer have Photo Gallery. I can down load Windows Live Essentials but can not install it. Is there another Photo Program that uses facial recognition to organize photos Please …

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

Windows Movie Maker Stops using CPU?

When attempting to save a movie on windows movie maker, it gets to about 40% using 70 CPU. This is fine and normal. However, when it reaches 40%, the CPU drops to 0, and it appears that it isn't using any CPU. The progre …

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

Wrong End Point, Trouble Previewing

I reopened a Windows Movie Maker file to continue editing and it still shows all my imported clips and audia in the timeline. The total project should be about 13 minutes long, but now the counter under the preview scree …

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

Movie Maker not able to publish file to facebook

Hi, I am having trouble publishing with movie maker. I want to convert it to a movie file to share. I have completed my clip and select the publish to Facebook file format. However I get a windows Essentials 2012 pop up …

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

Windows Photo Gallery

I read that Windows Photo Gallery for Windows 10 is no longer available (since Jan. 2017). Does Windows or Microsoft have an alternative where I can edit and display my photos? Thanks.

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

Import photos and Edit

Hi, I have always used Windows Photo Gallery to view & edit photos...New hard drive installed recently & I cannot get the program. I have an off site backup on old photos and downloaded them into the new hard drive, but …

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