It is not on that site, but I found a fix, just don't understand how to do
it. If anyone can help, pleaseeeee do.
I had this problem and I just did some debugging and found the cause in my
case: I had changed the folder attributes on my temporary files folder. Movie
Maker 2.1 checks the attributes on startup and fails if the folder is
read-only. I guess it'll also fail if the folder is missing but I haven't
checked that.
This instance of the problem is easy to fix. Go to a command prompt
(Start|Programs|Accessories|Command Prompt) and type
Set
followed by the Enter key
The resulting output usually contains a line like:
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\UserName\LOCALS~1\Temp
The stuff after the = sign is the path to the temporary files folder. You
need to change directory to the parent folder of this temporary files folder
(usually C:\DOCUME~1\UserName\LOCALS~1) by executing command
CD C:\DOCUME~1\UserName\LOCALS~1
followed by the Enter key
Then check that the Temp sub-folder exists using the dir command. If it
doesn't already exist, create it using
MD Temp
followed by the Enter key
In my case the folder was there but the attributes included the read-only
flag, so I reset the attributes by executing command
attrib -r +a -s -h Temp
followed by the Enter key
Start Movie Maker and it works.
Note: you can perform all of the above steps using Windows Explorer if you
aren't using the defaults of hiding system files etc. but it's easy using the
command prompt.
