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/TrustLeft Jun 13 '25

which of those work offline and not in the cloud?

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u/CodenameFlux Windows 10 Jun 14 '25

All of them work offline. I choose these because, unlike ClipChamp, they don't require logging in with an account every time.