HELP! Movie Maker shuts down on start up

[Guest]

I don't know what might be conflicting, Movie Maker was working fine. Now I
get an error and it shuts down the minute the application opens. I can't do
anything. In the error report, it says there was a problem with qedit.dll.
I don't need another sp2 as that is what I am operating already. I cannot
locate anywhere to download Movie Maker 2.1 again to reinstall without SP2.
This is SO frustrating! Where can I get this app to reinstall???

 

[John Inzer]

I don't know what might be conflicting, Movie Maker was
working fine. Now I get an error and it shuts down the
minute the application opens. I can't do anything. In
the error report, it says there was a problem with
qedit.dll. I don't need another sp2 as that is what I am
operating already. I cannot locate anywhere to download
Movie Maker 2.1 again to reinstall without SP2. This is
SO frustrating! Where can I get this app to reinstall???

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I saved the following info from a previous
message...maybe you can use it:

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QUESTION:
Whenever I open MM2 it has to close. The problem seems to be related to
qedit.dll . This dll is always mentioned in the event viewer. I'm using
XP
SP2, with the embedded MM2.

ANSWER:
There's a component in Direct Show which caches the information about
the
effects and transitions that are registered upon your system.
Unfortunately
there's a bug in that component which causes it to crash if you have a
lot
of transitions and effects installed. MovieMaker calls this routine on
startup which is probably why you're seeing MovieMaker crash.

Fortunately there is a workaround by doing something like the following.

1. Find an application which has registered a bunch of effect
filters.
2. Rename the directory that the application is installed into to
something else - which will temporarily cause those effect filters to
fail
to load.
3. Start MovieMaker. As less effects are successfully created,
MovieMaker should hopefully launch.
4. Rename the directory in step 2 back to it's original name so the
original application still works.
5. Start MovieMaker again. As everything was successfully cached in
step
3 it shouldn't try to recache things so it should continue to work..

As an example of an application for step 1, I've seen people run into
this
problem with applications installed from InterVideo. (This isn't a bug
in
InterVideo's application - it's a Microsoft bug it's just that
InterVideo
applications can install a bunch of DirectShow filters). In this case
you
would go to your "C:\Program Files\InterVideo" directory and rename
"InterVideo" to something like "TempInterVideo". Then start MovieMaker.
Once
it has launched, close it down and rename "TempInterVideo" back to
"InterVideo".

Good luck
Dean Rowe
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

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[yac]

Thank's I rename Intervidoe folder and... MovieMaker is OK

Yac

 

[John Inzer]

Thank's I rename Intervidoe folder and... MovieMaker is
OK

Yac

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You're welcome.

Thanks for the update.

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[Guest]

I renamed the Intervideo folder and opened MM2 and still it crashes.
Anything else I might be able to do?

Thank you.

 

[John Inzer]

I renamed the Intervideo folder and opened MM2 and still
it crashes. Anything else I might be able to do?

Thank you.

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I don't have the exact solution but it may be
worth a try to reduce your Graphics Hardware
Acceleration.

(263391) How to Change the Graphics
Hardware Acceleration Setting in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=263391

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[Guest]

I adjusted the hardware acceleration and still nothing. After reviewing Dean
Rowe's site, I found that 3 files are not version 2.1.4026.0. Wmm2eres.dll,
wmm2ext.dll and wmm2dvr.dll and version 2.5.2180.2. Could this be a problem
and do these effect qedit.dll which is what shows the problem in the error
message? I really need to get this program working somehow. Thanks for any
help.

 

[John Inzer]

I adjusted the hardware acceleration and still nothing.
After reviewing Dean Rowe's site, I found that 3 files
are not version 2.1.4026.0. Wmm2eres.dll, wmm2ext.dll
and wmm2dvr.dll and version 2.5.2180.2. Could this be a
problem and do these effect qedit.dll which is what shows
the problem in the error message? I really need to get
this program working somehow. Thanks for any help.

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Sorry...I don't have an exact solution...

Have you reviewed PapaJohn's site
on crashes and hangs?

Movie Maker 2
Crashes and Hangs
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-Acceleration-and-Codecs.html

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MS Picture It! MVP

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[Guest]

I adjusted the hardware acceleration and still nothing. After reviewing Dean
Rowe's site, I found that 3 files are not version 2.1.4026.0. Wmm2eres.dll,
wmm2ext.dll and wmm2dvr.dll and version 2.5.2180.2. Could this be a problem
and do these effect qedit.dll which is what shows the problem in the error
message? I really need to get this program working somehow. Thanks for any
help.


Dave