Cant update movie maker to 2.1

I had to reinstall XP Home due to a spyware infection. Everything went
reasonably well except, I cant get movie maker to version 2.1. It is
currently at 2.0.3312.
This version freezes frequently. The really frustrating part is that when it
does, the on-line crash support notifiies me that the problem can be fixed by
upgrading, however try as I might neither windows or microsoft update seems
to detect the need to upgrade. I tried to de-install, however I cannot find
movie maker in the control panel under add/remove programs or window
components (maybe this is part of the problem). Any help would be
appreciated. I really like Movie Maker and would like to continue using it,
however the frequent crashes are killing me.

I was poking around the program files directory. I seemed to have a mixed
install. The exe and dlls are 2 years apart in date

Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is DC6B-DD98

Directory of C:\Program Files\Movie Maker

29/10/2006 02:43 PM <DIR> .
29/10/2006 02:43 PM <DIR> ..
29/10/2006 02:28 PM <DIR> 1033
29/10/2006 02:43 PM 0 evid.txt
20/12/2002 01:06 PM 3,366,912 moviemk.exe
18/01/2006 07:06 PM <DIR> MUI
31/03/2003 07:00 AM 369,565 sample.asf
19/11/2002 10:41 AM 643,170 sample.wmv
29/10/2006 01:50 PM <DIR> shared
04/08/2004 02:56 AM 167,936 wmm2ae.dll
04/08/2004 02:56 AM 4,096 wmm2eres.dll
04/08/2004 02:56 AM 7,680 wmm2ext.dll
04/08/2004 02:56 AM 402,432 wmm2filt.dll
04/08/2004 02:56 AM 502,272 wmm2fxa.dll
04/08/2004 02:56 AM 325,632 wmm2fxb.dll
04/08/2004 02:56 AM 4,256,768 wmm2res.dll
04/08/2004 02:56 AM 5,632 wmm2res2.dll
31/03/2003 07:00 AM 110,648 wmmfilt.dll
31/03/2003 07:00 AM 319,542 wmmres.dll
31/03/2003 07:00 AM 163,897 wmmutil.dll
15 File(s) 10,646,182 bytes

Directory of C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\1033

29/10/2006 02:28 PM <DIR> .
29/10/2006 02:28 PM <DIR> ..
27/01/2003 02:00 PM 8,365 license.txt
27/11/2002 05:00 AM 731,275 MovieMk.chm
20/12/2002 01:05 PM 4,096 WMM2ERES.dll
20/12/2002 01:04 PM 4,256,768 WMM2RES.dll
4 File(s) 5,000,504 bytes

Directory of C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\MUI

18/01/2006 07:06 PM <DIR> .
18/01/2006 07:06 PM <DIR> ..
18/01/2006 07:37 PM <DIR> 0409
0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\MUI\0409

18/01/2006 07:37 PM <DIR> .
18/01/2006 07:37 PM <DIR> ..
17/07/2004 01:41 PM 731,275 moviemk.chm

Another curiosity I noticed. I thought I would rename the 2.1 dlls to see
this would prompt windows update to download the right version of
moviemk.exe. When I deleted or renamed the dlls they woul reappear. I am not
sure if this is windows or my virus protection or something more sinister.

"Doug The Sailor Man" wrote:

> I was poking around the program files directory. I seemed to have a mixed
> install. The exe and dlls are 2 years apart in date
>
> Volume in drive C has no label.
> Volume Serial Number is DC6B-DD98
>
> Directory of C:\Program Files\Movie Maker
>
> 29/10/2006 02:43 PM <DIR> .
> 29/10/2006 02:43 PM <DIR> ..
> 29/10/2006 02:28 PM <DIR> 1033
> 29/10/2006 02:43 PM 0 evid.txt
> 20/12/2002 01:06 PM 3,366,912 moviemk.exe
> 18/01/2006 07:06 PM <DIR> MUI
> 31/03/2003 07:00 AM 369,565 sample.asf
> 19/11/2002 10:41 AM 643,170 sample.wmv
> 29/10/2006 01:50 PM <DIR> shared
> 04/08/2004 02:56 AM 167,936 wmm2ae.dll
> 04/08/2004 02:56 AM 4,096 wmm2eres.dll
> 04/08/2004 02:56 AM 7,680 wmm2ext.dll
> 04/08/2004 02:56 AM 402,432 wmm2filt.dll
> 04/08/2004 02:56 AM 502,272 wmm2fxa.dll
> 04/08/2004 02:56 AM 325,632 wmm2fxb.dll
> 04/08/2004 02:56 AM 4,256,768 wmm2res.dll
> 04/08/2004 02:56 AM 5,632 wmm2res2.dll
> 31/03/2003 07:00 AM 110,648 wmmfilt.dll
> 31/03/2003 07:00 AM 319,542 wmmres.dll
> 31/03/2003 07:00 AM 163,897 wmmutil.dll
> 15 File(s) 10,646,182 bytes
>
> Directory of C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\1033
>
> 29/10/2006 02:28 PM <DIR> .
> 29/10/2006 02:28 PM <DIR> ..
> 27/01/2003 02:00 PM 8,365 license.txt
> 27/11/2002 05:00 AM 731,275 MovieMk.chm
> 20/12/2002 01:05 PM 4,096 WMM2ERES.dll
> 20/12/2002 01:04 PM 4,256,768 WMM2RES.dll
> 4 File(s) 5,000,504 bytes
>
> Directory of C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\MUI
>
> 18/01/2006 07:06 PM <DIR> .
> 18/01/2006 07:06 PM <DIR> ..
> 18/01/2006 07:37 PM <DIR> 0409
> 0 File(s) 0 bytes
>
> Directory of C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\MUI\0409
>
> 18/01/2006 07:37 PM <DIR> .
> 18/01/2006 07:37 PM <DIR> ..
> 17/07/2004 01:41 PM 731,275 moviemk.chm

Ha! I think I have fixed it. I found the correct version of moviemk.exe in
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 and moved it to c:\program files\movie maker\

So far so good. I have no idea how this happened.

"Doug The Sailor Man" wrote:

> I had to reinstall XP Home due to a spyware infection. Everything went
> reasonably well except, I cant get movie maker to version 2.1. It is
> currently at 2.0.3312.
> This version freezes frequently. The really frustrating part is that when it
> does, the on-line crash support notifiies me that the problem can be fixed by
> upgrading, however try as I might neither windows or microsoft update seems
> to detect the need to upgrade. I tried to de-install, however I cannot find
> movie maker in the control panel under add/remove programs or window
> components (maybe this is part of the problem). Any help would be
> appreciated. I really like Movie Maker and would like to continue using it,
> however the frequent crashes are killing me.