Updating to Windows Live Movie Maker (version 14.0.8091.0730) from a beta on my Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit machine was typical of many Microsoft software installs, fail upon fail upon fail. This should have been a simple process. It wasn’t.
I saw the dialog window pictured to the left many times this morning. Clicking on the link “Get more help with this error” was useless.
I finally had to uninstall every Windows Live application, reboot and then reinstall the whole kit and caboodle. I invested close to an hour this morning fiddling with this. It would be nice if Microsoft paid me for my time. It would also be nice if they fixed these type of problems with the Windows Live applications installer the way they have cleaned up dealing with issues in Windows 7.
One positive emerged when the applications were finally reinstalled. I was worried that I would lose my settings for Windows Live Writer and Windows Mail. Setting these up is not difficult for me but it does take time. I was concerned that I would have to lookup and re-configure my credentials for email accounts and accessing my blog’s administrative console. Fortunately, these two applications’ settings were retained and no new configuration was required.
Coincidentally, Microsoft Security Essentials (beta) just informed me that a new version was available. Updating MSE went off without hitch.
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