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windows movie maker deletes half of my video

say i want to edit a 15 minute video. i throw it up there and i delete the first 30 seconds of video. instead of having 14:30 of video i have 6 minutes. the second half of my video is nowhere to be found. no black bars. …

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Replacement for Windows Movie Maker

Hi there, I was told Microsoft no longer supports Window Movie Maker for Windows 10. Is there another free Microsoft product that has replaced it? If there isn't a Microsoft, is there another free software out there?

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How to get Windows Movie Maker

Hi there, I was told Microsoft no longer supports Window Movie Maker for Windows 10. I was able to download a copy from <Link removed> <Title Edited>

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How to save an edited video

This is hard to explain. After editing a video with Windows Live Movie Maker, it's saved as a movie. How can the edited video be saved as a video? Thank you

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Windows Live Movie Maker won’t save movie

Hello, I used clips from my GoPro to create a video. I have spent hours editing, including splitting clips into multiple clips to erase unnecessary parts that take up time. I added music which took time to adjust the vol …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 22, 2017

Windows movie maker doesn’t show timeline at all

Hi, I purchase don't a license for movie maker and I have been working on a video for three days straight now and I have recently saved the file and re-opened it, to find that there is no timeline to be seen making it im …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 22, 2017

Installing movie maker on my PC.

I have Windows 7. I have installed Windows Essentials 2012 on my PC. I do not see Movie Maker under Programs. Is Movie Maker hiding under another folder?

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Deleted Windows Essentials

To try to fix a misbehaving Windows 8 PC, I performed the 'Keep My Files' recovery option that removes certain apps. The recovery took away Windows Live Mail and several thousand emails with it. After the reboot, I disco …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 21, 2017

Moive maker text issues

Hi Am using Movie maker to edit my video. In the project all the text captions appear correct when I play. But when I save the file as Hi Def and play it the text caption timings are screwed ! Please share a solution.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 20, 2017

File from Windows Movie Maker toubleshooting

Hey all, I am editing a reel on Windows Movie Maker for lack of better equipment at the moment and it's stopping before it gets to the end when I review it before I save it. I wont let me edit the Credits box, and it doe …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 19, 2017

Photo Gallery Screensaver Video plays in boxed mode

I'm working with Win 8.1 in Dell All in one PCs. Some of the PC are showing Screensaver in full screen. Yet some PC are not. Can some one please explain how to solve this Issue? * I need to run screensaver in full screen …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 19, 2017

Mute is on and cannot be turned off in Moviemaker

Split from this thread. What is "codec"? I have the same problem and I have to send the file plus upload it to a flash drive for a presentation....and the mute cannot be removed. The music file is there but the mute is o …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 19, 2017

Mute is on and cannot be turned off in Moviemaker

Split from this thread. What is "codec"? I have the same problem and I have to send the file plus upload it to a flash drive for a presentation....and the mute cannot be removed. The music file is there but the mute is o …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Feb 19, 2017