Work with projects in Windows DVD Maker

Applies to: Home Premium, Ultimate.
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A project file holds information about the video, pictures, and audio files that you have added in Windows DVD Maker and would like to burn to a DVD. This project file also includes information on the arrangement of those items as they will appear on the burned DVD, as well as information about the menu for the DVD.

You can save a project for a work in progress or for a DVD that you have already burned in Windows DVD Maker (as long as you save the project before closing Windows DVD Maker). Either way, you can open the saved project later on and burn it to a DVD. If you want, you can open a saved project, add additional items in Windows DVD Maker, and then burn the updated project to a DVD.

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To create a new project

•	On the Add pictures and video to the DVD page in Windows DVD Maker, click File, and then click New. You can work on only one project at a time in Windows DVD Maker.

To save a project

Click File, and then click Save.

In the File name box, type a name of the project, and then click Save.

A saved project file in Windows DVD Maker has an .msdvd file name extension.

To save a project with a new name

1.	Click File, and then click Save As.
2.	In the File name box, type the new project file name, and then click Save.

To open a project

1.	On the Add pictures and video to the DVD page in Windows DVD Maker, click File, and then click Open Project File.
2.	Navigate to the folder that contains the Windows DVD Maker project file that you want to open.
3.	Click the project file, and then click Open.
4.	Continue in Windows DVD Maker as you normally would to create and burn a DVD.

To open a project that you recently saved