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Movie Maker

I am trying to edit a personal video in Movie Maker using Windows 10 and I cannot figure out how to set the 'start and end points' so that I can remove portions of the movie. Also, how do i convert a video from flv forma …

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Windows Essentials won’t install

when I do so it either 1. error message that it didn't install or 2. says it installed (about 2 seconds after I hit "install") but it hasn't. When I look for folder there is none. what can I do now to correct this? I hav …

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Windows Live Essentials won’t install

when I do so it either 1. error message that it didn't install or 2. says it installed (about 2 seconds after I hit "install") but it hasn't. When I look for folder there is none. what can I do now to correct this?

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 29, 2016

Windows Essentials won’t install

when I do so it either 1. error message that it didn't install or 2. says it installed (about 2 seconds after I hit "install") but it hasn't. When I look for folder there is none. what can I do now to correct this? I hav …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 29, 2016

Restoring old version of projects.

I'm currently working on a project in Movie Maker. I accidentally saved while Movie Maker was giving me a error where it deletes some of the files and reduces the time. It happened a few times so I thought I would save e …

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Restoring old version of projects.

I'm currently working on a project in Movie Maker. I accidentally saved while Movie Maker was giving me a error where it deletes some of the files and reduces the time. It happened a few times so I thought I would save e …

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Window 10 Home and Movie Maker

I recently purchased an HP laptop with Windows 10 Home pre installed. I really need to edit videos so I downloaded Windows essentials 2012 but keep getting an error message saying that movie maker and photos will not dow …

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Photos Distorted after editing with Microsoft product

I have been using photo gallery to view and edit my photos in lieu of paying for more expensive softwares. However, the image thumbnails in my folders have been distorted and it makes it difficult to tell what the image …

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movie maker

how do I get rid of the "my picture" on every slide in my movie?

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movie maker

how do I get rid of the "my picture" on every slide in my movie?

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sound but no picture on movie maker

Andre helped me with movie maker and I now have audio, but no picture. I tried using +R as suggested in one reply, but got no reaction by pressing this combination. Can anyone help me to see pictures as well as hear audi …

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Miovie Maker

I just downloaded the latest Movie Maker and I'm running it on Win10. I'm aggregating thousands of still time lapse pictures into a movie just like I did with previous versions of Movie Maker. But now I have "My Beautifu …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 27, 2016

Movie Maker and other Windows Apps

Whenever I try to open up Movie Maker or any other Windows Programs, This error keeps popping up. Yes i did reinstall it a few times, i decided to reinstall movie maker and see if installing it back would work but no, al …

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Movie Maker

I have been using Movie Maker for years with no problems, Now with win 10 I cannot burn my mp4 file to a dvd. I always get the note "files are ready to burn to drive F. I do this to save all my home video for the family …

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Trouble with Windows Essentials 2012

I've had my computer for a few weeks now, not long after I first got it my computer got a virus and I had to restore my computer. Before the time I had to do this, I was able to install Windows Essentials perfectly fine, …

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Windows Live Photo Gallery

When I open Windows Live Photo Gallery (Windows 7 w/recent updates to Windows 10 - suddenly it doesn't look as it should - colors are off - when I try to print photos all I get is this - pix appears as a "green negative …

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Windows Live Photo Gallery

When I open Windows Live Photo Gallery (Windows 7 w/recent updates to Windows 10 - suddenly it doesn't look as it should - colors are off - when I try to print photos all I get is this - pix appears as a "green negative …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 27, 2016

Can’t instal movie maker 2012 version

I can't save movie, windows movie maker says I'm on trial version. It happened when I using windows movie maker 2016. I uninstal it than I download 2012 version but It did not install correctly. It only downloaded the ph …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 26, 2016

Windows Movie Maker

I work in a middle school and have some students that want to do green screen work. Is there a way to do that in Windows Movie Maker with the version/build I have? Version 2012 (Build 16.4.3528.0331) If not and someone f …

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movie maker

I have made a video in windows movie maker but whenever I save it and play it the video doesn't show up but the audio does. How can i make the video show?

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 26, 2016

movie maker

I have made a video in windows movie maker but whenever I save it and play it the video doesn't show up but the audio does. How can i make the video show?

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 26, 2016