Source files for movie not found

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Source files for movie not found

One or more source files cannot be found. Therefore, the movie cannot be saved successfully. This can occur if you try to save a movie after one or more of the source files for the corresponding clips in your project have been moved, renamed, or deleted.

To address this issue, do one or more of the following:

  • Locate the original source file, and move or copy it to the location on your computer when it was first imported into Windows Movie Maker.
  • Verify that any network locations are still available if the source file was originally located on a shared network location when it was first imported into Windows Movie Maker.

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