“Windows Live Photo Gallery has stopped working” the windows photo edition software refuses to work on my Windows 8 laptop after download from the Microsoft website.

Hello,

I bought a Toshiba laptop equipped with Windows 8. I have noted that *Windows Live Photo Gallery* was not included, instead there is a software called *Photo Director*. I'm used to Windows Photo Gallery that I had with my former PC equipped with Windows 7 and I prefer keep using the Windows photo editor (I do a lot of photo edition).

I downloaded *Windows Live Photo Gallery* in a pack with Messenger and other stuffs called Windows Essentials directly from the Microsoft website. The installation was a success and Windows Photo Gallery is in my computer. When I click "Open with Windows Live Photo Gallery" the software does open, but when I select one picture to edit, after a few seconds or after my clicking on any tool to start the edition, the message "Windows Live Photo Gallery has stopped working" appears and the program closes. It has refused to work since my downloading it.

Please can you help me?