We just had to reinstall my OS, after which I reinstalled Windows Movie Maker 2012.  This is an app I use regularly but unfortunately, after this reinstall, I am unable to work with animations on all but the first video in my project.  When I try to hover over an animation nothing happens, and when I  actually click to select one I get an hourglass and the app hangs for several seconds, after which the animation still does not work.  I am, however, able to work with Visual Effects just fine.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled the application twice and I have no idea what could be causing the issue.  Any help is greatly appreciated.

-Christine

UPDATE:

After performing additional testing I realized the problem is not just with Animations.  I tried to add another video to test and when I tried to play it, the whole app hung and I received a message saying something like "Sorry this is taking longer than expected.  Would you like to close Movie Maker?".

It seems like something is wrong with the app in general, not just with Animations.