Hang upon Running WMM 2.1

[Guest]

When I open WMM 2.1, as soon as I click on something, the program hangs. It
has been this way since I had to replace my hard drive. I have been to
PapaJohn's WMM site and nothing posted there seemed to help. So I have come
to believe that it is NOT a codec issue (at least not one of the 20 listed on
PapaJohn's site)

The only way I am able to get WMM 2.1 to run is to first remove the
MEDIATAB*.DAT file in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Movie Maker. But this is absurd because
the MEDIATAB*.DAT file contains all the data on the clips I had in the
Collections folders, so upon removing this file, I have no clips to use and
have to re-import them. But it is no guarantee that the program will not
hang when I go to edit the clips. Even so, the next time I go to run WMM, it
hangs, and I must once again remove the MEDIATAB*.DAT file if I wish to use
the program.

Is there anyone who can think of a permanent solution that allows me to keep
the clips in the Collections folders? Because it defeats the purpose of
getting the program to run if I have to remove the clips. It's like trading
in the cart for a horse to pull it.

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

I have to wonder if the clips you're trying to use are things like MPEG-2
files that don't work in Movie Maker... does the same thing happen if you
import a BMP file?
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[Guest]

No, the clips are AVI's with MPEG-3 sound. WMM always worked with these
files before my hard drive became damaged and we got a new one. I literally
had gigabytes worth of clips in my Collections and it would run fine (albeit
taking a second or two to prepare them). After replacing the drive, I put
the same files back on the computer, but WMM just didn't work the way it had
on my old drive.

I imported a small BMP file (the only file that would be in Collections),
closed WMM, and opened it back up 3 or 4 times without any problems. I then
went and removed the small BMP and imported 4 or 5 significantly larger BMP's
and it would hang on start up. If it really is the files that are causing
this problem, then I don't understand why it wouldn't have been hanging on my
previous drive.

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

Did you check to see if DMA is enabled on the new drive? see the Setup Movie
Maker > Hardware page of my site... the Hard Drive section.
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[Guest]

I checked where your site said to check and it was already set to "DMA if
available". Is there any possibility that DMA would be UNavailable? (pardon
my comp-illiteracy)