Uninstall Movie Maker 2 - Here's how

[Steve]

Ok,

If you are having trouble installing Movie Maker 2 here
is something you might want to try.

Here is my initial problem:

"On my PC, the Movie Maker 2 install goes through the
motions of installing, but when you start it and check
Help->About it is still version 1."

1.) Solution was to download WinZip
2.) Drag the MovieMaker 2 installer EXE into WinZip.
3.) Drag the mm20.msi file out to File Explorer. Any
directory will do.
4.) Right click the mm20.msi file. An "Uninstall" option
will appear. Select it.
5.) Movie Maker 2 is uninstalled.
6.) Attempt to install again with the orginal installer
EXE. Should help. Worked for me!

Hope this helps anyone else having trouble installing
this software. It has me pulling my hair out! :-D

 

[dawudman]

I have tried this several times (actually dozens! I
think...) only to have the uninstall SEEM to go fine but
after re-install, the package is NOT registering so I
cannot gain access to the .inf file.

I believe I have serious Registry corruption perhaps and
may need to blow away my entire system. I have reloaded XP
from scratch 3 times without any luck and appended with
all current Service Packs.

Wudman

 

[dawudman]

Good news... it is working!

I still could NOT get my Movie Maker 2 to update the older
Movie Maker 1 (due to serious Registry corruption on my
local machine...) but what I WAS able to do was to upgrade
same on a completely separate box and then do the
following:

1) created a new folder on my corrupted puter
called "MovieMaker2"
2) copied the main moviemk.exe from the different puter
where the upgrade to version 2 worked fine to this new
folder
3) grabbed ALL the contents of the Movie Maker folder
where I tried to upgrade version 2 and copied everything
EXCEPT the moviemk.exe (smaller version 1 .exe file) and
pasted into this new MovieMaker2 folder
4) went to www.papajohn.org and reviewed the issues
under "problem solving/acceleration" and did a search on
my puter for "*.ax" to file ALL codecs. I then renamed
any/all codecs using the file extension ".ax_" (in my case
there were only two of them on my system...) and then
launched MovieMaker2 from my new folder.
5) input video and audio and can use all transitions and
titles, credits again with ease

Hope this helps...

P.S. - I AM going to blow away my entire drive once I get
it backed up fully and start with a totally clean install
of XP Pro to get around having to do what I mentioned
above. For now though... it is too damn sunny outside to
be stuck solving Bill Gate's problems!

NOTE: I have created a .zip file with the moviemk.exe
(version 2) in it if you want me to send it to you...
simply send me an email: (e-mail address removed)

Wudman

 

[dawudman]

Good news... it is working!

I still could NOT get my Movie Maker 2 to update the older
Movie Maker 1 (due to serious Registry corruption on my
local machine...) but what I WAS able to do was to upgrade
same on a completely separate box and then do the
following:

1) created a new folder on my corrupted puter
called "MovieMaker2"
2) copied the main moviemk.exe from the different puter
where the upgrade to version 2 worked fine to this new
folder
3) grabbed ALL the contents of the Movie Maker folder
where I tried to upgrade version 2 and copied everything
EXCEPT the moviemk.exe (smaller version 1 .exe file) and
pasted into this new MovieMaker2 folder
4) went to www.papajohn.org and reviewed the issues
under "problem solving/acceleration" and did a search on
my puter for "*.ax" to file ALL codecs. I then renamed
any/all codecs using the file extension ".ax_" (in my case
there were only two of them on my system...) and then
launched MovieMaker2 from my new folder.
5) input video and audio and can use all transitions and
titles, credits again with ease

Hope this helps...

P.S. - I AM going to blow away my entire drive once I get
it backed up fully and start with a totally clean install
of XP Pro to get around having to do what I mentioned
above. For now though... it is too damn sunny outside to
be stuck solving Bill Gate's problems!

NOTE: I have created a .zip file with the moviemk.exe
(version 2) in it if you want me to send it to you...
simply send me an email: (e-mail address removed)

Wudman