▷ How to install movie maker on windows 10 【step by step】

It is true that there are currently editing applications in this field as powerful as Adobe Premiere Pro or Sony Vegas Pro. But Windows Movie Maker provided a series of very specific advantages, such as its easy use or its factory availability with the Microsoft operating system and for free.

Windows Movie Maker ceased to exist as such with the arrival of Windows 7 in 2009, renamed Windows Live Movie Maker. This registry change was short-lived, since it was basically the program of a lifetime, but covered in many of its features, and obviously it was not to the liking of the users.

To get to the version we want to install, in 2012 Windows enabled the original program again in the Windows Essentials 2012 program suite . But with the end of its support on January 10, 2017, it is now necessary to search for this program suite on websites. independent.

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Minimum Movie Maker requirements in Windows 10

Compliance with the minimum requirements should be more than met, since the operating system you are going to work on is more demanding in this regard. Although it is convenient to take into account the following points regarding software requirements:

Have the Microsoft NET Framework 3.5 version installed to ensure maximum compatibility with the system. Have Microsoft DirectX 9.0c installed onwards A network connection, not for the installation of the software itself, but for download.

Download Microsoft Essentials 2012

Since Microsoft no longer allows downloading the installer from its website, it has been necessary to search for this suite of programs on unofficial websites that still have this software in their repositories. Specifically, we will find it on the web archive.org for having replicas extracted directly from the Microsoft website, which ensures that you do not introduce malicious software with its installation.

Getting down to work, we will be presented with two options to obtain the file we need, which has a weight of approximately 130 MB.

We could go directly to the main page and searching for "Microsoft Essential 2012" we would obtain a download link in English with the possibility of direct or Torrent download. We recommend the torrent download option, since at least during the tests carried out, the direct download of the executable file was really slow.

Or we could also choose the installer in the language we want thanks to the replicas that it has stored directly from the original Microsoft page. After accessing the page, we will select the option marked in the image, which will display the download links in the available languages, we will choose Spanish.

Checks for safe execution

Before proceeding with the installation, we will check that the file is reliable and owned by Microsoft. To do this we can go to the digital signatures tab within the properties of the executable and verify that it does indeed contain a Microsoft signature. This way we can be sure that the file does not contain malicious software.

To run the installer, you just have to double-click it and validate the control of Windows user accounts if you have it active in our operating system.

Installation of Microsoft NET Framework 3.5

It is possible that when executing the installer, a window will appear notifying us that it is necessary to install the Microsoft NET Framework package in its version 3.5 and lower, since Windows 10 does not implement this factory feature, but later versions. To avoid compatibility problems, it is best to allow this download to run and its corresponding installation.

We are now in a position to install Movie Maker from the Microsoft Live Essential 2012 package. On the first screen of the installation wizard we choose the second option so that it will allow us to select only the applications that we want to be installed.

Completing the installation

On the next screen we choose the application that we want to install, which, although you may be homesick, is not Messenger. What a time those! In any case, it would not work for you because official servers closed. The application that interests us is Photo Gallery and Movie Maker, so we select it and choose the Install option.

We wait a few seconds for the necessary files to be installed. In this case the installation will be offline since all the components will be inside the installer itself, instead of being forced to use a data connection for it.

Once the installation is finished, we close the wizard and go to the Start menu, where our new installed application will already be shown.

After clicking and accepting the Live Essential 2012 service agreement, Movie Maker will open in all its glory

If you have completed all the steps detailed in this tutorial, you will already have on your computer the legendary (discarded) Microsoft video editing program.

We are still waiting for the company to one day decide to take the step and fulfill the wishes of many of its users and launch a complete and updated version of Windows Movie Maker. And also that it can be downloaded from its web portal or the Windows 10 Microsoft Store. The applications offered in the Microsoft store are far from what the video editor offered. Until then we will have to use the ingenuity and possibilities of the Internet to have our favorite video editor.

Installation supported operating systems

The installation has been carried out in both the 64-bit version of Windows 10 and the 32-bit version without any setback.

You can perform these same steps with guaranteed success if you have operating systems prior to Windows 10 such as:

Windows 8.1 x64 and x86 Windows 7 x64 and x86

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With this we finish our tutorial on how to install Movie Maker in Windows 10. Did you find it useful? We want to know if the installation went well for you!