Windows Essentials 2012
Support Ends January 10, 2017
Windows Essentials 2012 suite will be available for download until January 10, 2017.
Installed applications will continue to work...
Release Notes on Windows Essentials 2012:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13785
It would be wise to download and save a copy of Windows Essentials 2012 (Offline Installer) to a separate disk as backup.
Windows Essentials 2012 (Offline Installer) wlsetup-all.exe:
http://g.live.com/1rewlive5-all/en/wlsetup-all.exe
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Some are having difficulty downloading, installing, and running Windows Essentials 2012 with respect to Photo Gallery.
Windows Essentials 2012 contains the following programs:
Photo Gallery
Movie Maker
Windows Live Writer
Windows Live Mail
OneDrive
1. Windows Essentials 2012 may be downloaded from two places:
Windows Essentials 2012 (Offline) wlsetup-all.exe:
http://g.live.com/1rewlive5-all/en/wlsetup-all.exe
Windows Essentials 2012 wlsetup-web.exe:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/18614/windows-essentials
Download the software.
Install the software.
Run the software.
2. An error may occur:
0x8007045a
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition is missing.
Support for this product ended April 12, 2016.
Microsoft link from which the above support table was acquired is no longer available.
Verify that Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition is not in your programs.
Go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features
If the software is installed, you will see the blue item highlighted for viewing ease. There are many SQL Servers, but you want this one.
3. If Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition is not installed, it may be downloaded from:
Preferred download: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10070
- Install the software.
- To install the localized version of SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition Runtime from the localized version of SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition Developer SDK, follow these steps:
- Open the following folder: %programfiles%\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.1\SDK\bin\Desktop
- Install the English version of SQL Server Compact Edition Runtime (SQLServerCE31-EN.msi).
- Install the localized version of SQL Server Compact Edition Runtime (SQLServerCE31-[LN].msi)
Source:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10070
Alternate download: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8861
- Install the software.
- However, the following installation error may occur:
Source for some links and information:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/moviemaker-wlinstall/movie-maker-for-windows-10/3f559890-2141-4f00-9b60-170dfe78c924?msgId=48aee85b-91ee-4f0c-be11-1d55fdd01b90