Movie Maker crashes immediately

I tried running Movie Maker for the first time but it crashed immediately. I
apparently inherited this (as I've read) from installing SP2...eons ago. In
an attempt to repair it, I've managed to install 2.0 over 2.1 and then take
2.0 back off again (I think). I've even tried re-installing the update that
put it on originally (I think)...KB892312. All to no avail...it still crashes
several seconds after starting it. The desktop is drawn and the pull down
menus will respond but I then get the dreaded "xxx has encountered a problem
and needs to close..." window. I'd like to just clean install 2.1 again but I
can't imagine going back dozens (hundreds?) of fixes to SP2. Ideas?

John
Sun Mar 16 22:31:17 PDT 2008

kmc60 wrote:
> I tried running Movie Maker for the first time but it crashed
> immediately. I apparently inherited this (as I've read) from
> installing SP2...eons ago. In an attempt to repair it, I've managed
> to install 2.0 over 2.1 and then take
> 2.0 back off again (I think). I've even tried re-installing the
> update that put it on originally (I think)...KB892312. All to no
> avail...it still crashes several seconds after starting it. The
> desktop is drawn and the pull down menus will respond but I then get
> the dreaded "xxx has encountered a problem and needs to close..."
> window. I'd like to just clean install 2.1 again but I can't imagine
> going back dozens (hundreds?) of fixes to SP2. Ideas?
=============================
Some 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.

===
(You can disable ffdshow with this 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" )
===

More info:

Movie Maker 2 Crashes and Hangs
http://tinyurl.com/bqgyx


--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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

kmc60
Sun Mar 16 22:45:00 PDT 2008

yup, I've got ie7 and a little addicted to it. I might have to find a
different solution. All I was really trying to do was edit some simple movies
taken with my digital camera...and hopefully do something to shrink the size
of them.

"John Inzer" wrote:

> kmc60 wrote:
> > I tried running Movie Maker for the first time but it crashed
> > immediately. I apparently inherited this (as I've read) from
> > installing SP2...eons ago. In an attempt to repair it, I've managed
> > to install 2.0 over 2.1 and then take
> > 2.0 back off again (I think). I've even tried re-installing the
> > update that put it on originally (I think)...KB892312. All to no
> > avail...it still crashes several seconds after starting it. The
> > desktop is drawn and the pull down menus will respond but I then get
> > the dreaded "xxx has encountered a problem and needs to close..."
> > window. I'd like to just clean install 2.1 again but I can't imagine
> > going back dozens (hundreds?) of fixes to SP2. Ideas?
> =============================
> Some 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.
>
> ===
> (You can disable ffdshow with this 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" )
> ===
>
> More info:
>
> Movie Maker 2 Crashes and Hangs
> http://tinyurl.com/bqgyx
>
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> 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
>
>
>

kmc60
Sun Mar 16 23:03:00 PDT 2008

Reading some of the other posts, I tried deleting qedit (though the suggested
batch file didn't work for me to start moviemk) and then immediately starting
movie maker. Runs just fine if i start it that way!

"John Inzer" wrote:

> kmc60 wrote:
> > I tried running Movie Maker for the first time but it crashed
> > immediately. I apparently inherited this (as I've read) from
> > installing SP2...eons ago. In an attempt to repair it, I've managed
> > to install 2.0 over 2.1 and then take
> > 2.0 back off again (I think). I've even tried re-installing the
> > update that put it on originally (I think)...KB892312. All to no
> > avail...it still crashes several seconds after starting it. The
> > desktop is drawn and the pull down menus will respond but I then get
> > the dreaded "xxx has encountered a problem and needs to close..."
> > window. I'd like to just clean install 2.1 again but I can't imagine
> > going back dozens (hundreds?) of fixes to SP2. Ideas?
> =============================
> Some 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.
>
> ===
> (You can disable ffdshow with this 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" )
> ===
>
> More info:
>
> Movie Maker 2 Crashes and Hangs
> http://tinyurl.com/bqgyx
>
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> 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
>
>
>

John
Mon Mar 17 00:00:17 PDT 2008

kmc60 wrote:
> Reading some of the other posts, I tried deleting qedit (though the
> suggested batch file didn't work for me to start moviemk) and then
> immediately starting movie maker. Runs just fine if i start it that
> way!
=================
Good find.

Thanks for the update.

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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