Windows Essentials Movie Maker 2012 Free Download
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HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live\Movie Maker\BrowseForPicturesDirectory
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live\Movie Maker\BrowseForProjectsDirectory
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live\Movie Maker\RenderToFileDirectory
These are all REG_SZ types and should be set with a value of a drive letter that the user can hit, probably their home directory drive. So use I:\ or whatever, you can probably set it to I:\My Videos if you wanted.
I was having the same problem. With only 1Gb left on my C drive I did not have the room to copy full tapes of data over. I figured out how to solve this problem. Unfortunately it does not seem that you can change the default directory (There might be in the registry), but there is an easier way to change where it saves to.
If you hate windows movie maker - newer version - you can find versions 2.6 and 2.1 that will both run on windows 7 all can be used (one at a time). you have to uninstall windows live essentials and then install 2.1 - copy it from windows xp windows directory, then install 2.6, then go back and reinstall windows live essentials with the new version.
Windows Movie Maker is a free video editing program that allows users to create, edit & share videos. As of 2024, however, the download source has changed. This website shows you how to complete your Windows Movie Maker download from an archived source. Windows Movie Maker is a part of the Windows Live Essentials software package, but has been discontinued as of January 2017 and is no longer available for download from the Microsoft website. Luckily, we have saved the links to the archived files for you, and all you have to do is choose your language and you will be linked to the Windows Movie Maker download URL.
The first option during installation asks whether to install Windows Movie Maker only, or all of the Windows Live Essentials software package. This includes software like Messenger, Mail, Writer, OneDrive and the Outlook Connector Pack.
This download is completely safe as it is the unaltered, original installation file that was released by Microsoft. The download button links to archive.org, which continues to host the original installation file that was released by Microsoft before it was discontinued. How can you be absolutely sure? After downloading the file, right click on the icon and click on properties. Go to the Digital Signatures tab and you will be able to verify that this file is indeed the original file released by the software publisher (i.e. Microsoft Corporation) and not altered by a third party.
Click into the details tab and you will see additional information confirming that the publisher is indeed Microsoft Corporation. If you find any files that do not show Microsoft as the publisher, DO NOT INSTALL the file as it is not the original.
Hi, I'm Steve! Thank you for stopping by winmoviemaker.com. I launched this website in 2017 to keep Windows Movie Maker accessible to users across the world even after Microsoft's decision to discontinue support for the product.
I had the hardest time finding the original Windows Movie Maker installation files, and even encountered some malicious and scam versions of the software during my search. My hope is that this website continues to provide others with a quick and safe way to locate and download the authentic Windows Movie Maker installer files across all languages.
The download links are 100% genuine and I have absolutely no conflict of interest or incentive in promoting or linking to any illegitimate versions of Windows Movie Maker. I do earn a small amount of advertising commissions from the ads you will see placed on this website, which helps to offset my web hosting costs, but otherwise this website is here only to support video creators and hobbyists.
THANK YOU indeed for sharing it! It worked perfectly in Windows 10. I firstly encountered error 0x800c0006 but it turns out I am just installing a language version different from my system, problem solved after reading the q&a. Thank you again!
I desperately want to load Movie Maker. I have input files I've developed that I can't run for some reason on the laptop I have Movie Maker on. So I am trying to get Movie Maker on a separate dedicated laptop using Windows 7. Unfortunately the file did not load. I tried several times and tried loading all Live Essentials and just Movie maker. Any help out there.
Thank goodness there is a legit version that exists... I do appreciate this, but I really wished that there were downloads to older versions. I have both ver. 16 and 6 installed, but have been desperately scouring the internet for version 2.
Thank god for this. Whatever Windows did to the video editing software is atrocious and I still use Movie Maker for simple edits. Also don't try filmora, iirc it puts a massive logo over the edits and also it is impossible to uninstall. I recently reset my PC to free up space due to the amount of trash files taking up space over the years and one of them was Filmora. It was always listed as taking 500 mb of space in my programs list and I couldn't fully uninstall it or figure out where the hell those leftover files were.
Atrocious version. The Microsoft mandarin who redesigned this must've been drunk. Ditch this and try the excellent Filmora - a user-friendly video editor that's faithful to simplicity of the XP Windows Movie Maker.
I was able to download & install. When I open the program it errors file/video project and won't let me sign in without closing down the whole program. no error codes just won't allow access to the program. The project is uploaded but with a yellow triangle exclamation point icon. Thanks anyway. I used to use the program and created over 50 videos which now won't playback on my Windows 11 PC. I was hoping that downloading this archived version would allow me to continue working a familiar program. Doesn't seem to work with Windows 11 :(
Hello! It is sadly not working for me, it will download up to 36% then crash with the error code 0x800c0006, I followed the instructions you provided with this error code and matched the languages of my computer top the downloader to make sure and even after resetting and retrying 5 times it still wont work :( Please Help!!
Maybe in days its self I'm to late to download it? hummmmm will try one more time and then,unfortunately for my meager means of use, give into a less simplified program lol wish me the best and thank you all!
Its Feb.22/2022 and we so-o-oo much want to have this program back but I'm afraid it wont finish its download. Stops at 85% Anything we can do about this? If so we would appreciate any help we can get. Thanks so much for the help!
I get a BLUE POP UP saying THIS APP CAN'T RUN ON YOUR PC... try another version... I have Windows 10 Pro. I install Netframework beforehand. I had this installed OK on my previous Win 10 Home edition so I don know what's changed?'
How do I find a way around this issue? The new Movie Maker is awful and you have to pay for it!
This is still the top-rated movie maker and video editor in terms of ease of use. Conversion services are an option, but it is very important to create what you want in your own local environment.
I prefer to watch social science videos, but most of the time they are useful in audio form, so I use windows movie maker to extract the audio and listen to it on my mp3 media player. It's very convenient.
Apparently my original post didn't make it. I downloaded and installed successfully (??) Windows Photo Gallery and Movie Maker. However, there is no icon for Movie Maker in the Start Menu or anywhere else. I didn't get any error messages during the installation. Has anyone else run into this issue and found a solution?
I just downloaded the Windows Movie Maker and Photo Gallery just like you did two years ago and got the same problem of no program icon on start or anywhere else. Did you find a solution? Please let me know. Thanks.
I downloaded the program today onto my new computer running windows 10 and so far it is running perfectly. I have yet to see if it uploads ok, but I am confident it will. It does look a little different but I am used to seeing it on windows 8. I am so thankful you are doing this as I have tried a few of the newer movie making things and they are too hard for me to learn. I have used this program for about 15 years before they stopped supporting it.
I used the original Windows Movie Maker that I downloaded in 2010-2012 and this is a different program. Totally different look and feel. I doubt it's legitimacy unless Microsoft totally redesigned the program after 2012. Even if it is real, some functions do not work and it often gives an error message that a perfectly good video clip can't be added to a movie because a codec is not available. That never happened with the original Windows Movie Maker.
This is my new laptop. No issue with the downloading. I`ve been using Movie Maker for many years and it works fine with me. And by the way there`s nothing to do with Microsoft sign in. Overall, ten stars!
I've completed everything until I get to sign in with live messenger. Failed to connect, check firewall to make sure it's not blocking Windows Live Messenger. I checked, firewall is allowing it to go through. Any suggestions?
After the first download I got the "Couldn't install programs - an unknown error occurred: Error 0x800c0006" message. I looked it up and apparently this problem has to do with a language difference between the program (which was the English version) and my Windows (Dutch). So I checked again and saw that I also could download the Dutch version, which I did.
After that, the installation went fine and Moviemaker is running perfectly. Thanks!
It seemed to install, but, when I try to use it, (after craeating a desktop shortcut) it reads, "The item MovieMaker. exe that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly. Do you want to delete this shortcut?".
This download is the official Windows Live Essentials 2012 Package, offline installer version. "wlsetup-all.exe" is a safe legit program. After download, if you Right Click, select properties, you can view the Digital Signature" from Microsoft. This Live Essential package, which includes Windows Live Movie Maker, was offered as a free addition to Windows by Microsoft. Microsoft no longer provides a download from their website, but many who did download the offline installer when it was available, make it available, such as from here. NOTE VERY IMPORTANT, you must have Microsoft .NET 3.5 installed for Movie Maker to run. Those here who complained it does not work need to install .NET 3.5