Windows Movie Maker Continues to Crash

[cetchance51]

OK...
I need help because this is really pissing me off. My windows movie maker
has worked perfectly for a long time, but now it refuses to stay open. When
ever I try to get into my collections, WMM freezes and this dialog box pops
up saying that it has encountered a problem and needs to close. I have
windows XP, and the original version of MM. I first noticed that it was
acting funny when it wouldn't save one of my files as a video file, it would
stop saving at 77%, but the program didn't freeze. I do not have IE7, I have
heard that this messes it up, but I have no idea what is wrong with WMM.
Please help me, I have this huge urge to throw my computer against a wall and
then jump on it for a few minutes until all that is left are a few
scraps......

 

[cetchance51]

Oh, and I do have the Windows XP Service Pack 3. If that help any...

 

[cetchance51]

(If I double post this, I'm sorry)
I do have the Windows XP service pack 3. If that help any...

 

[John Inzer]

OK...
I need help because this is really pissing me off. My windows movie
maker has worked perfectly for a long time, but now it refuses to
stay open. When ever I try to get into my collections, WMM freezes
and this dialog box pops up saying that it has encountered a problem
and needs to close. I have windows XP, and the original version of
MM. I first noticed that it was acting funny when it wouldn't save
one of my files as a video file, it would stop saving at 77%, but the
program didn't freeze. I do not have IE7, I have heard that this
messes it up, but I have no idea what is wrong with WMM. Please help
me, I have this huge urge to throw my computer against a wall and
then jump on it for a few minutes until all that is left are a few
scraps......

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Original version of Movie Maker?
Do you mean 1.0? 2.0? or 2.1?

Is your video driver up to date?

Have you tried uninstalling SP3?

Have you tried doing a system restore
to a time before this issue began?

--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Will]

Mine does exactly the same thing - crashes all the time.
Have done all the advice below and have everything reinstalled and up to
date (drivers, SP3 and so on).
Helpppp..........

 

[John Inzer]

Mine does exactly the same thing - crashes all the time.
Have done all the advice below and have everything reinstalled and up
to date (drivers, SP3 and so on).
Helpppp..........

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Some WinXP users have reported problems
after installing IE7. If this applies to your
situation ...uninstalling IE7 may be worth
a try.

(927177) How to uninstall Internet Explorer 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927177/en-us

I've also seen a report that disabling the
ffdshow codec could be the fix. To accomplish
this...open Movie Maker and go to...Tools /
Options / Compatibility tab...Uncheck...
ffdshow / OK.

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You can disable ffdshow by going to...Start / Run
and enter the following command::

regsvr32.exe /u "C:\Program Files\ffdshow\ffdshow.ax"

After running that command, the regular
DivX/XviD codecs will be used instead of ffdshow.
You can enable ffdshow again with this command:

regsvr32.exe "C:\Program Files\ffdshow\ffdshow.ax"

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More info:

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

Movie Maker always has to close
http://tinyurl.com/fw76b
or...
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker/msg/ae88267a9e023836


--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk