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    Windows Live Essentials: where are they?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Pipper, Dec 14, 2009.

  1. Pipper

    Pipper Notebook Consultant

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    I've installed them, and Windows Live says they're installed, but I can't find them anywhere on my drive. When I look for them in the Uninstall Programs panel, they're not there, either.

    What am I doing wrong?
     
    Pipper, Dec 14, 2009
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  2. Pipper

    Pipper Notebook Consultant

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    I know: my system says that they're installed, but they're nowhere to be found.
     
    Pipper, Dec 15, 2009
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    Start Menu -> All Programs -> Windows Live

    At least that is where they installed for me, and they are also listed in the Uninstall Programs List...
     
    TheBMRR, Dec 15, 2009
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  4. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    +1.

    Look in that folder.
     
    surfasb, Dec 15, 2009
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  5. vinumsv

    vinumsv MobileFreak™

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    hmm use Windows Search in Start Menu ... just type Mail / Writer / Messenger or any of the programs installed it should find it
     
    vinumsv, Dec 16, 2009
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  6. Pipper

    Pipper Notebook Consultant

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    I should have been more specific. :) They weren't in the Windows Live folder under the Start Menu, and they didn't appear when I'd search for them in the Search box in the Start menu, so I thought, "ok, they didn't get installed". When I'd go to the Microsoft website to install them, the Windows Live installer would show all of the programs as installed. I would then look in the Uninstall Programs control panel to try to remove them and start over, but there were no Windows Live programs to uninstall. I tried restoring my system to an earlier point, and Movie Maker and Photo Gallery showed up in the Windows Live folder, but they would fail on launch, so I just went back to my most recent configuration, and they're not in the Windows Live folder again, but the installer says that they're there. Confusing. It's not a big deal, but I'd read that Movie Maker was pretty good for a free program.

    Thank you for the suggestions: I should have been more specific as to what I've done so far. :)
     
    Pipper, Dec 17, 2009
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    surfasb, Dec 17, 2009
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  8. Pipper

    Pipper Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you: this may be what I need. :)
     
    Pipper, Dec 18, 2009
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    fred2028 Sexy member

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    It's funny; MS calls them essential but they're apparently not essential enough to be included with Windows.
     
    fred2028, Dec 19, 2009
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    People want their 5MB of free space.
     
    surfasb, Dec 19, 2009
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  11. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    I know I do (yet still has Live Movie Maker/Live Gallery installed). :D
     
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    Jayayess1190, Dec 20, 2009
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