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    • #43090

      You can extract Windows Movie Maker from Vista and make it run fine under WS2008.
      Just extract the files for your platform (see my post at viewtopic.php?f=3&t=218) and register the proper DLLs by running (elevated prompt):
      “%programfiles%Movie MakerMOVIEMK.exe” /RegServer
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makerpipeline.dll”
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makerwmm2ae.dll”
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makerwmm2clip.dll”
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makerwmm2ext.dll”
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makerwmm2filt.dll”
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makervideomediahandler.dll”

      Known issues:
      – Unable to integrate help content. Anyone? 🙂

      Enjoy!

    • #46147

      @EarthQ wrote:

      You can extract Windows Movie Maker from Vista and make it run fine under WS2008.
      Just extract the files for your platform (see my post at viewtopic.php?f=3&t=218) and register the proper DLLs by running (elevated prompt):
      “%programfiles%Movie MakerMOVIEMK.exe” /RegServer
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makerpipeline.dll”
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makerwmm2ae.dll”
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makerwmm2clip.dll”
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makerwmm2ext.dll”
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makerwmm2filt.dll”
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makervideomediahandler.dll”

      Known issues:
      – Unable to integrate help content. Anyone? 🙂

      Enjoy!

      Download Windows Movie Maker (x86) here: http://www.mediafire.com/?giynywi0zke or http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QQX1UNJU

      1. Copy Movie Maker to %programfiles%.
      2. Run register DLLs.bat as administrator.

      Sorry 64 bit users, you are on your own.

    • #46148

      @Day2Die wrote:

      @EarthQ wrote:

      You can extract Windows Movie Maker from Vista and make it run fine under WS2008.
      Just extract the files for your platform (see my post at viewtopic.php?f=3&t=218) and register the proper DLLs by running (elevated prompt):
      “%programfiles%Movie MakerMOVIEMK.exe” /RegServer
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makerpipeline.dll”
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makerwmm2ae.dll”
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makerwmm2clip.dll”
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makerwmm2ext.dll”
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makerwmm2filt.dll”
      regsvr32 /s “%programfiles%Movie Makervideomediahandler.dll”

      Known issues:
      – Unable to integrate help content. Anyone? 🙂

      Enjoy!

      Download Windows Movie Maker (x86) here: http://www.mediafire.com/?giynywi0zke or http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QQX1UNJU

      1. Copy Movie Maker to %programfiles%.
      2. Run register DLLs.bat as administrator.

      Sorry 64 bit users, you are on your own.

      For those of you who feel left out, you can download Windows Movie Maker (x64) here: http://www.mediafire.com/?nmja5qzjgmf or http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZPBJWK71

    • #46149

      Day2Die thanks man!

    • #46150

      Hey, has anyone had any luck getting this to import video from a video camera? When i try to run the capture wizard it just crashes but everything else seems to work right.

      Have any of you seen this or found a solution to it?

    • #46151

      Thanks! I was trying out different programs to make dvd’s, but I really like the WMM menu options, so I’m glad to finally have this. THe problem that I have is that it I try to start up Win DVD Maker, it says that I don’t have the MPEG-2 encoder software, and in WMM when I try to drag an .avi file in, it says it needs the correct codec. I already have the divx codecs installed in my system, so I’m not sure about what to do there. On the MPEG-2 encoder, I have no idea what to do either.

      any help?

    • #46152
      Arris
      Moderator

        Try to install one of these codec packs:

        * Combined Community Codec Pack (Thanks to JonusC for mentioning)
        * K-Lite Codec Pack (No need to install any of the included applications/tools, only the codecs; works fine for me)

        I expect that updating/installing should fix this problem.

      • #46153

        Unless I missed something, alternatively, you can just download Movie Maker 2.6 for Vista and install into Windows 2008.

        http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d6ba5972-328e-4df7-8f9d-068fc0f80cfc&displaylang=en

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