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Windows Movie Maker problem under XP Pro SP3

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by wiensam

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Windows Movie Maker 2.1 will not open. When I start it it wants to look for a project that does not exist anymore. When I open it I get the following window:

"Windows Movie Maker has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

Underneath that is a link for more information which leads to the following info:

"Error signature: AppName: moviemk.exe AppVer: 2.1.4026.0 ModName: qedit.dll
ModVer: 6.5.2600.5512 Offset: 0001b2f1"

That then gives a link which leads to: a whole load of detailed info that means nothing to me but says it is stored in a file called "77dc_appcompat.txt". However, that file is not to be found anywhere on my computer system.

There appears to be nowehere to download a new copy of Windows Movie Maker 2.1 and no whay to uninstall the old version. I have tried copying the files onto an external drive (so that I have a backup) and then deleting them all on my Windows system but no sooner do I do that than Windows simply rebuilds them, like magic. Copying the files in the Movie Maker folder from a separate XP Pro SP3 machine over the top of them does not seem to make any difference.

I really don't want to have to uninstall SP3 and IE7 (which doesn't seem to be uninstallable in any case) and roll back to a reinstall of SP2 to get this to work again.

Any ideas?

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by robo_dev

If that does not work, then:

Use SFC to look for damaged/modfied files.

Get into the registry to clean out reference to non-existent project.

by wiensam

Thanks for a prompt reply.

However, there doesn't appear to be anywhere on the internet to download a clean copy of Movie Maker 2.1 and there doesn't appear to be any way to unistall the programme either.

As to SFC. What is it?

How do I look for the link in the registry?

by wiensam

Couldn't find any errant links in the registry. Will now try SFC

Thanks

by older mycroft

To screw up a PC.

Honestly, for someone that has THREE websites, and more letters after his name than I have in my full postal address, you don't half manage to stuff it up on the IT front. :p

I suggest you uninstall Moviemaker, download the latest build, then do a fresh install. :)

by older mycroft

"[i]I really don't want to have to uninstall SP3 and IE7 (which doesn't seem to be uninstallable in any case) and roll back to a reinstall of SP2 to get this to work again.[/i]"

[b]Move Maker is a component part of SP2, so you know what to do, don't you.[/b] ;)

by wiensam

There really is no way to uninstall MM2 unless I roll back all the way?

Oh well, I thought somebody might have an idea that would solve me all that problem.

Thanks anyway

by oh smeg

Inside a Hearse. :0

Maybe it just looks like it right?

Col

by wiensam

This problem turns out to be an incompatibility between Movie Maker and Intervideo WinDVD Creator. Apparently installing Intervideo WinDVD Creator changes the driver qedit.dll to a version which is not compatible with Movie Maker 2.1.

I found the exact nature of the problem by going to Computer Management > System Tools > Event Viewer > Application and reading the Error message there. I found the solution via another forum: www.windowsmoviemakers.net and links from there to two web sites not run by techies. All I had to do in the end was create a batch file with the following in it:

REM - Start Code
regsvr32 qedit.dll /s /u
"C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\moviemk.exe"
regsvr32 qedit.dll /s
REM - End Code

I now open Movie Maker by running the batch file and it works.

The batch file effectively suspends qedit.dll and restores it when Movie Maker is closed.

Thanks for almost letting me completely reformat and reinstall...

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