Lou wrote:
I have been trying to find a solution for this problem and have found
nothing. Movie Maker gives me the standard "encountered a problem..."
window and shuts down etc. as soon as I start it up. I sent the
report and was directed here. I could not find my answer, so... If
anyone can help me? Please do. Thanks.
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You fail to mention your OS...if you are
running Vista...disregard the following
info about IE7.

Some WinXP users have reported problems
after installing IE7. If this applies to your
situation ...uninstalling IE7 may be worth
a try.

(927177) How to uninstall Internet Explorer 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927177/en-us

I've also seen a report that disabling the
ffdshow codec could be the fix. To accomplish
this...open Movie Maker and go to...Tools /
Options / Compatibility tab...Uncheck...
ffdshow / OK.

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You can disable ffdshow by going to...Start / Run
and enter the following command::

regsvr32.exe /u "C:\Program Files\ffdshow\ffdshow.ax"

After running that command, the regular
DivX/XviD codecs will be used instead of ffdshow.
You can enable ffdshow again with this command:

regsvr32.exe "C:\Program Files\ffdshow\ffdshow.ax"

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More info:

Movie Maker 2 Crashes and Hangs
http://tinyurl.com/bqgyx
or...
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-A...nd-Codecs.html

Movie Maker always has to close
http://tinyurl.com/fw76b
or...
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...88267a9e023836

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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I am a volunteer

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