Editing Windows Movie Maker (section)

{{Short description|Video editing software for Windows}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Windows Movie Maker
| logo = Windows Live Movie Maker logo.png
| screenshot = Windows Live Movie Maker.png
| caption = Windows Movie Maker on [[Windows 10]]
| developer = [[Microsoft]]
| released = {{Start date and age|2000|9|14}}
| discontinued = yes
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q165777|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q165777|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q165777|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q165777|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| operating system = [[Windows 7]], [[Windows 8]], [[Windows 8.1]], [[Windows 10]]<ref name="versions" />
| included with = [[Windows Me]], [[Windows XP]], [[Windows Vista]]<ref name="versions">{{cite web|url=http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/get-movie-maker-download|title=Get Movie Maker - Microsoft Windows|publisher=Windows.microsoft.com|access-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
| platform = [[IA-32]] and [[x64]]<ref name="sys-req">{{cite web|title=Windows Essentials 2012 system requirements|url=http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/Windows-Essentials-2012-system-requirements|work=Windows Essentials portal|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=December 7, 2012}}</ref>
| language count = 64
| language footnote = <ref>{{cite web|title=Windows Essentials: Worldwide Downloads|url=http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/download-windows-essentials|work=Windows Essentials portal|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=December 7, 2012}}</ref>
| genre = [[Video editing software]]
| license = [[Freeware]]
| replaced_by = [[Photos_(Windows)#Video_Editor|Microsoft Photos]] <small>([[Windows 10]])</small><br>[[Clipchamp]] <small>([[Windows 11]])</small>
| website = {{URL|https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/18614/windows-essentials}}
}}

'''Windows Movie Maker''' (known as '''Windows Live Movie Maker'''<ref name=liveside>{{cite web|title=Getting ready for Windows Live Wave 3|url=http://www.liveside.net/2008/03/27/getting-ready-for-windows-live-wave-3/|work=Chris Overd|publisher=LiveSide.net|access-date=December 8, 2012}}</ref> for the 2009 and 2011 releases) is a discontinued [[video editing software]] 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 Inc.|Apple's]] [[iMovie]].

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