I have a big problem! After I deleted a few programs from my computer (I
delete for ex. Divx Player, Outlook Express and a few cookies), and now I
can't watch any of the clips I have downloaded from my DV Camera. Now I even
went to "Tools", "Options" and unselected all the little boxes in my Movie
Maker, but there are still red crosses through the files and I cannot open
it...please help me!!
Thanks

Franzi wrote:
> I have a big problem! After I deleted a few programs from
> my computer (I delete for ex. Divx Player, Outlook
> Express and a few cookies), and now I can't watch any of
> the clips I have downloaded from my DV Camera. Now I even
> went to "Tools", "Options" and unselected all the little
> boxes in my Movie Maker, but there are still red crosses
> through the files and I cannot open it...please help me!!
> Thanks
=======================
If you right click the red Xs you
will have an option to Browse
for the missing files.

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> =======================
> If you right click the red Xs you
> will have an option to Browse
> for the missing files.
========================
well I tried that, but I had my clips originally saved in the movie
maker...is there any possibility that my clips are still on my computer?! I
mean I didn't delete them!!!
Thanks!
>

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:58:04 -0800, Franzi
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>> =======================
>> If you right click the red Xs you
>> will have an option to Browse
>> for the missing files.
>========================
>well I tried that, but I had my clips originally saved in the movie
>maker...is there any possibility that my clips are still on my computer?! I
>mean I didn't delete them!!!
>Thanks!
>>

Can't say for you, but I work on my movies in the C: drive. After
burning the disk, I move the movie file to my external hard drive.
If I open the "Collections", the collections files show up with a big
red X on them. If I move the movie files back to C:, the X goes away.

If you, like me, move the files from their original location or
partition or folder to free up room on the original drive, the files
are still available. Use the "search" feature.

The X is just telling you that the files are not in the folder that
was last used.


--


Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

Franzi wrote:
>> =======================
>> If you right click the red Xs you
>> will have an option to Browse
>> for the missing files.
> ========================
> well I tried that, but I had my clips originally saved in
> the movie maker...is there any possibility that my clips
> are still on my computer?! I mean I didn't delete them!!!
> Thanks!
==========================
The clips are not saved in the Movie Maker
project file....the clips are still in the original
folders unless you moved or deleted them.

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MS Picture It! MVP

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"Tony Cooper" wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:58:04 -0800, Franzi
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >
> >> =======================
> >> If you right click the red Xs you
> >> will have an option to Browse
> >> for the missing files.
> >========================
> >well I tried that, but I had my clips originally saved in the movie
> >maker...is there any possibility that my clips are still on my computer?! I
> >mean I didn't delete them!!!
> >Thanks!
> >>
>
> Can't say for you, but I work on my movies in the C: drive. After
> burning the disk, I move the movie file to my external hard drive.
> If I open the "Collections", the collections files show up with a big
> red X on them. If I move the movie files back to C:, the X goes away.
>
> If you, like me, move the files from their original location or
> partition or folder to free up room on the original drive, the files
> are still available. Use the "search" feature.
>
> The X is just telling you that the files are not in the folder that
> was last used.
>
>
> --
>
>
> Tony Cooper
> Orlando, FL
>
=====================================

Thank you very much!
I tried to fix the problem, but I think the original location IS WMM... I
tried to search for the files, and when I opened them, they automatically
open with WMM and I cannot watch them. The X are still there. Maybe I didn't
save the files...because when I try to open ONE clip, they show the whole
project with all the Xes on my clips
Thank you very much for trying!!! I appreciate that!!
I thought maybe you know a program which I could download, so I could open
the clips individually...?!

"John Inzer" wrote:

> Franzi wrote:
> >> =======================
> >> If you right click the red Xs you
> >> will have an option to Browse
> >> for the missing files.
> > ========================
> > well I tried that, but I had my clips originally saved in
> > the movie maker...is there any possibility that my clips
> > are still on my computer?! I mean I didn't delete them!!!
> > Thanks!
> ==========================
> The clips are not saved in the Movie Maker
> project file....the clips are still in the original
> folders unless you moved or deleted them.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! MVP
>
=============================
>
>
>
> well thanks!! But I DID save my clips in the WMM originally...

They are listed in your collections in WMM but the actual clips are stored
as always in a folder on your harddrive. WMM just uses the clips from their
original locations.
So if you didn't delete them then you need to, as John said, right click and
choose "Browse for missing files" then locate them.
-Wojo

"Franzi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:F0D746E4-0C5E-4BDD-BC53-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
> "John Inzer" wrote:
>
>> Franzi wrote:
>> >> =======================
>> >> If you right click the red Xs you
>> >> will have an option to Browse
>> >> for the missing files.
>> > ========================
>> > well I tried that, but I had my clips originally saved in
>> > the movie maker...is there any possibility that my clips
>> > are still on my computer?! I mean I didn't delete them!!!
>> > Thanks!
>> ==========================
>> The clips are not saved in the Movie Maker
>> project file....the clips are still in the original
>> folders unless you moved or deleted them.
>>
>> --
>>
>> John Inzer
>> MS Picture It! MVP
>>
> =============================
>>
>>
>>
>> well thanks!! But I DID save my clips in the WMM originally...

"Wojo" wrote:

> They are listed in your collections in WMM but the actual clips are stored
> as always in a folder on your harddrive. WMM just uses the clips from their
> original locations.
> So if you didn't delete them then you need to, as John said, right click and
> choose "Browse for missing files" then locate them.
> -Wojo

=======================================

oh, ok!! I looked in the harddrive, but I had problems opening the
clips...they are BUP, VOB and IFO files...I really hope you can help...well
thank you very much!!!!

Those files are DVD files.
You can't open them directly into Movie Maker you need to convert them to
AVI first.
See this website for help with programs that will do the conversion. Use the
from DVD search option.
http://www.videohelp.com/convert
-Wojo
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"Franzi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Wojo" wrote:
>
>> They are listed in your collections in WMM but the actual clips are
>> stored
>> as always in a folder on your harddrive. WMM just uses the clips from
>> their
>> original locations.
>> So if you didn't delete them then you need to, as John said, right click
>> and
>> choose "Browse for missing files" then locate them.
>> -Wojo
>
> =======================================
>
> oh, ok!! I looked in the harddrive, but I had problems opening the
> clips...they are BUP, VOB and IFO files...I really hope you can
> help...well
> thank you very much!!!!