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/JetCrooked Jun 12 '25

I still use windows live movie maker to this day, wlsetup-all.exe my beloved

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u/Goat_Pony Jun 13 '25

I think unlike Movie Maker 2012, Live movie maker will save to mp4 format correct?

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u/JetCrooked Jun 14 '25

those are...two names for the same program? but yes it saves to mp4