First time opening Movie Maker doesn't initialize

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Hi-- Can anyone help? I've just tried to open Movie Maker for the first
time, and every time I try I get the error message that the program "has
encountered a problem and needs to close." So it isn't initializing
correctly. I've gone to Windows Update to download the program again, but it
isn't available as a single download and I can't find it anywhere on the
site. Any suggestions? Thanks.
 
RBinPerson said:
Hi-- Can anyone help? I've just tried to open Movie Maker for the
first time, and every time I try I get the error message that the
program "has encountered a problem and needs to close." So it isn't
initializing correctly. I've gone to Windows Update to download the
program again, but it isn't available as a single download and I
can't find it anywhere on the site. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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You fail to mention your OS...if you are
running Vista...disregard the following.

Some 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 with this 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" )
===

More info:

Movie Maker 2 Crashes and Hangs
http://tinyurl.com/bqgyx


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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
I'm using XP. I was able to get into Movie Maker's
Tools/Options/Compatibility, but there is no ffdshow to check.
Also looked at the url you listed, but it's way beyond my technical expertise.
 
RBinPerson said:
I'm using XP. I was able to get into Movie Maker's
Tools/Options/Compatibility, but there is no ffdshow to check.
Also looked at the url you listed, but it's way beyond my technical
expertise.
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Did you try uninstalling IE7?

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
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