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windows live movie maker not working on windows 10

Hi everyone, I have tried to use windows live movie maker today (I have never tried it before), to try and edit a video. What happens is - It opens OK, but it wont open my video, the screen remains black and does nothing …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 11, 2016

Live Essentials 2012

Live essentials has re oved itself from my computer - sort of. It is not listed with my programs. Not listed on APPS page, But I found it under apps and features when I go thru settings. Running Windows 10. I cannot unin …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 10, 2016

Snipping Tool and Paint have stopped working- Dec 2016

Posted 9th, Dec 2016. Yesterday my Snipping Tool and Paint have stopped working, prior yesterday I had no problems, and no I haven't changed any settings or installed new programs. What happens when I select an area usin …

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How to uninstall and re-install Movie Maker

Split from this thread. Below are the steps on how to uninstall Windows Live Essentials via CMD line parameter. a. Go to Start ->All Programs ->Accessories b. Right click on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 8, 2016

Problem with a movie maker file corrupt

Hi Can anyone help with restoring even part of this video... I believe it stems from using a png file in movie maker. Here is the notebook file as you can see the png caused the problem <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf- …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 8, 2016

Can neither install nor uninstall Windows Essentials

Split from this thread. This is unhelpful (as you usual for Microsoft forums) cannot install because already installed but cannot uninstall because does not exist in programs. So actually I have a Windows live live folde …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 7, 2016

Is MovieMaker going away?

I have heard that Windows is going to supporting Moviemaker, and thus, stop having it be available as a download. Is this true?

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Windows Live Movie Maker has stopped working

I have been using Windows Live Movie Maker since I was given my laptop around 5 years ago. However, a couple of weeks ago, the preview window stopped working, I have had a problem similar to this before, where I was usin …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 6, 2016

how i can update windows movie maker

i want to update my windows movie maker because i want to get the awesome updates fast from Microsoft because your updates are awesome so plz tell me how to update my windows movie maker because i cant find the option on …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 6, 2016

Unable to download Photo Gallery

Split from this thread. I understand this could help me with a new memory card from lexar. I took photos and tried to view themand could not open them with anything... photo gallery, photo viewer, photoshop. I tried the …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 5, 2016

videos save upside down in movie maker

I have created a video using movie maker, saved it -- took about 5 hours -- and just now when I viewed it, my personal videos that i imported to movie maker all play upside down. When I view my video on movie maker, the …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 5, 2016

video can’t be read

my iPad recorded video won't be read by Win Movie Maker. I tried changing the file type name to many of those listed in movie maker's video file types list - such as avi., mpg., m1v. etc , but I only get the audio to cop …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 4, 2016

.net framework updation

I am currently using windows 10. I want to install windows movie maker. But every time I try to install or uninstall a feature I got prompted that you need to install (.net framework 2.0 or 3.0). But I can't install it.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 4, 2016

Installing .NET Framework on Windows 10

Original title: .net framework updation I am currently using windows 10. I want to install windows movie maker. But every time I try to install or uninstall a feature I got prompted that you need to install (.net framewo …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 4, 2016