Reinstall Service Pack 2.
Or download the stand-alone version. Just Google: windows movie maker v2.6. Download and install the 2.6 version of the program and you won't have to be bothered with the publishing error message again.
Note: Brothersoft has the most reliable downloads for these applications. But, that's just my opinion.
By Publishing the movie. (Tasks>Publish)
Finalizing a Windows Movie Maker project is called Publishing (or Finishing the Movie in earlier versions of the program).
You need Windows Service Pack 2 for the v2.6 version of Windows Movie Maker.
By Publishing or Finishing it. The video will end wherever your last clip is.
It is not called Publishing in Windows Movie Maker Xp (v2.1). Instead, it is called Finishing the Movie.Read this tutorial on Finishing a Movie in Windows XP:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/savetopc.mspx
Try Publishing or Finishing the movie instead of Saving it.Saving only 'saves the project file'. And that feature is known to be rather persnickety on many versions of Windows Movie Maker.
The only way to change a Microsoft Windows Movie Maker (.MSWMM) file into another format is by Publishing or Finishing the project.
Depending on your version of Windows Movie Maker, you need to either Publish the video (Vista v2.6) or Finish the movie (Xp v2.1).Publishing/Finishing the movie/video is how the project is converted into .wmv format.
You can't reformat a Windows Movie Maker project file (.MSWMM). Conversion to Standard formats takes place during the mix-down (export) process of 'Publishing/Finishing/Saving' the movie.
That never happens to me so my best guess is that it's your computer
The step is Publishing (or Finish the Movie in the 2.1 version).
Yes, you can.I have both the 2.6 version of Windows Movie Maker and Windows Live Movie Maker.