Windows Movie Maker

video editing software

Key facts

Developer: Microsoft
Initial release: September 14, 2000 ; 25 years ago ( 2000-09-14 )
Final release: 2012 (v16.4.3528.0331) / April 18, 2014 ; 12 years ago ( 2014-04-18 )
Operating system: Windows 7 , Windows 8 , Windows 8.1 , Windows 10
Platform: IA-32 and x64
Included with: Windows Me , Windows XP , Windows Vista
Successor: Microsoft Photos ( Windows 10 ) , Clipchamp ( Windows 11 )
Available in: 64 languages
Type: Video editing software
License: Freeware
Website: support .microsoft .com /en-us /help /18614 /windows-essentials

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Windows Movie Maker (known as Windows Live Movie Maker for the 2009 and 2011 releases) is a discontinued video editing program by Microsoft. It was first included in Windows Me on September 14, 2000, and in Windows XP on October 25, 2001. It later became a part of the Windows Essentials software suite, and offered the ability to create and edit videos as well as to publish them on OneDrive, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Windows Live Groups, and Flickr. It is comparable to Apple's iMovie.

Movie Maker was officially discontinued by Microsoft on January 10, 2017, and it was replaced by Video Editor (formerly Microsoft Story Remix) which was built in with Microsoft Photos on Windows 10, and later Clipchamp on Windows 11, which Microsoft acquired in September 2021.