Additional installation instructions for using the custom profiles with Windows Vista

Additional security features in Windows Vista may complicate installing the custom profiles for Movie Maker. So if you are using Windows Vista and just creating the shared profiles folder and copying the profiles over doesn't work try these additional steps:
To copy the custom setting to the correct Movie Maker folder that appears under Program Files, you need to be logged into Windows as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.
  1. Click the Start button , and then click Computer.
  2. In Computer, navigate to the following folder location: C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared (C: is the most common drive letter for most Vista installs, if you've installed Vista to a different drive use that drive letter instead)
  3. Click Organize, and then click New Folder.
  4. If a Destination Folder Access Denied dialog displays, click Continue.
  5. In the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
  6. Type Profiles for the folder name, and then press ENTER.
  7. If another Destination Folder Access Denied dialog box displays, click Continue.
  8. In the resulting User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
  9. In Computer, navigate to your Documents folder where you saved the custom setting, click the custom setting file (which has a .prx file name extension), click Organize, and then click Copy.
  10. Navigate to the following folder: C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\Profiles.
  11. Click Organize, and then click Paste.
  12. If another Destination Folder Access Denied dialog box displays, click Continue.
  13. In the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.

(Note on Vista, there has been some reports that the custom profiles are not displayed, when clicking Publish Movie in the left hand menu. Instead, Click File from the menu at the top of the screen, then Publish Movie from the pull down menu)
That should allow the profiles to show up and you can go back follow the usage instructions again



If you need more help, I'm often found in the YouTube Community Help Forum , or you can message me on YouTube .

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