r/windows • u/TheCelestialDawn • Jun 12 '25

General Question What happened to Windows Movie Maker?

It's the only movie software program I needed. Now it's gone?

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u/CodenameFlux Windows 10 Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

Windows Movie Maker was official discontinued on 10 January 2017. That's 8 years, 5 months, and 2 days ago. Even before that, it wasn't included with Windows 7. Instead, people had to install it as a part of the Windows Live suite.

The reasons for discontinuation are: (1) Competition, and (2) the guy who maintained it left Microsoft during a layoff.

Please try the following instead:

  • LosslessCut (open-source, specializes in lossless trimming and merging)
  • MiniTool Movie Maker
  • CapCut
  • Clipify
  • DaVinci Resolve (feature-rich and complicated; it's the best)
  • Flowblade
  • Kdenlive
  • OpenShot
  • ShotCut
  • VidCutter
  • VSDC

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u/SCphotog Jun 12 '25

I've tried several but not all of these, and finally settled on Kdenlive. It's been pretty solid, feature rich and gets the job done. The team behind it are very active.

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u/CodenameFlux Windows 10 Jun 12 '25

I'm glad you found one that suits you. 😊