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M¢25 Funded By Mahalo ? | August 04, 2009 03:06 PM

What happens to my Windows Movie Maker if I upgrade to Windows 7?

I have Vista Home Premium - SP2 now. I use the Windows Movie Maker software on this OS to edit and distribute home movies. (Can't afford Adobe Premier). If I upgrade to Windows 7 now, what will happen to my Windows Movie Maker? It will be removed from the system?

The WMM version available on Live.com is a stripped down software and doesn't have even 20% of the features of the WMM of Vista.

I guess the question can be made generic. What happens to all those software programs in Vista which were de-coupled from the OS in Windows 7? Do we lose them when we upgrade?

Also, is there a free alternative to Windows Movie Maker?

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woogieboog...

August 05, 2009 04:35 PM

The obvious way to get Movie Maker is to download the Windows LIve
Suite and include the Windows LIve Movie Maker option. That gets you the newest version from Microsoft, but one considerably slimmed down in features from the MM2.1 in XP or MM6 in Vista. It's good for quickly and easily making a video and uploading to YouTube, but not for anything close to serious editing.

It turns out the special edition MM2.6 installs and works fine on Windows 7. It was produced by Microsoft to help those who were having problems with the version 6.0 included with the operating system. Although stripped of many features, it's pretty much aligned with the familiar MM2.1 of Windows XP. It's the only version of Movie Maker that's a stand-alone download from Microsoft... cut and paste the below link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d6ba5972-328e-4df7-8f9d-068fc0f80cfc&amp;DisplayLang=en&displaylang=en

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