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/robster98 Windows 10 Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

It was discontinued 16 years ago with the release of Windows 7. Back then, Microsoft were really pushing their “Windows Live” suite of apps available as a free download, including Windows Live Movie Maker. Unfortunately this was very stripped-down, even compared to the original XP/Vista Movie Maker and is now also discontinued.

Windows 10/11 has Clipchamp available to download from the Microsoft Store which is probably the closest Microsoft-made equivalent to Windows Movie Maker nowadays, but I would recommend you opt for the industry-standard DaVinci Resolve if you’re looking for free video editing software.

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u/brii_ckk Jun 12 '25

I used clipchamp for a while and it's decent. Highly recommend davinci resolve though

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u/AsrielPlay52 Jun 12 '25

Just use Clipchamp, recommending Davinci is like recommending someone a BMW when they only need a Subaru Swift

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u/The_B_Wolf Jun 12 '25

You can learn DaVinci Resolve in a couple of hours just by watching YouTube video. I did. I came from iMovie on Mac.