To send a movie as an attachment in an e-mail message

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To send a movie as an attachment in an e-mail message

  1. On the File menu, click Save Movie File, and then click E-mail.

    –or-

    In the Movie Tasks pane, under Finish Movie, click Send in e-mail.

  2. After the movie is saved, do any of the following:
    • To play the movie in your default player before sending it, click Play the movie.
    • To save a local copy of the movie on your computer in addition to sending as an e-mail attachment, click Save a copy of my movie on my computer, enter a movie file name in the File name box, and then click Save.
  3. In your default e-mail program, enter the e-mail address of the person you are sending the movie to, add any additional text to the body, and then send the message.

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  • If your movie cannot be attached to an e-mail message automatically by Windows Movie Maker, you can still send your movie by saving it to your computer, and then manually attaching the movie to an e-mail message in your e-mail program. For more information, see Saving a movie to My computer.

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