Help! error when opening

[sandy]

When I open windows movie maker I get an error message "the collections file
is not valid or corrupted. A new empty collections file has been created"
then it says " A new collections file can not be created" and it shuts down.
Is this happening because I possible moved around or deleted pictures on my
harddrive that were in the collections? What do I do?

 

[Graham Hughes]

It shouldn't be the moving of pictures.
Have you recently made any changes to your pc, installed any new programmes,
removed any, added codecs, pc crashed while MM was open?

 

[sandy]

I did recently delete programs and software that were taking up room and i
wasnt using. I don't know anything about codecs so I don't think that is it.

My pc didnt crash. windows mm just closed.

Is there anything I can do?

 

[John Inzer]

When I open windows movie maker I get an error message "the
collections file is not valid or corrupted. A new empty collections
file has been created" then it says " A new collections file can not
be created" and it shuts down. Is this happening because I possible
moved around or deleted pictures on my harddrive that were in the
collections? What do I do?

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Windows XP or Vista?

Here's the XP path to the collections file...

C:\Documents and Settings\>user name<\LocalSettings\
Application Data\Microsoft\Movie Maker\

Vista path...

C:\Users\>user name<\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Movie Maker\

If there is a file there...try renaming it to MEDIATAB1.OLD
(if there are multiple files with different numbers...rename
all of them)

Now try opening Movie Maker.

Let us know what happens.

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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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