Follow the instruction in this post. Therefore, prior to Windows 10, you can open the Windows Start menu and easily find Windows Movie Maker in the application list. However, Windows Movie Maker is not included in Windows 10 , and that's why you can't find the video editing tool after upgrading to Windows Windows Movie Maker needs to be downloaded separately to Windows 10 computer.
Although the program doesn't come with Windows 10, people used to be able to get Windows Movie Maker in Win 10 by downloading the Windows Essentials suite as the program is part of the suite.
However, this method no longer worked since Microsoft stopped offering the download for Windows Essentials on January 10, , which means that we can't download Windows Movie Maker from Microsoft anymore. Currently, you may still find the download links of Windows Movie Maker for Window 10 on some third-party websites claiming that there are the latest versions of Windows Movie Maker free to download. You should be very cautious about these downloads because they are not real and could contain malware or virus.
What if you really need Windows Movie Maker on your Windows 10 for video editing? Don't worry, there are many video editing alternatives to Windows Movie Maker that you can use. The followings are two Windows Movie Maker alternatives, both of which are beginner-friendly video editors that let you create awesome videos in simple steps.
Similar to Windows Movie Maker, Icecream Video Editor opens new window is designed to help ordinary users to create videos or photo sliders with video clips, photos, and music files. The editor has a similar interface as Windows Movie Maker, which enables you to edit videos in a timeline and preview the edited video in a playback window during the editing.
This is where I saw that Microsoft will not support Movie Maker in Windows 10 but I have since been told it is supported, so I no longer need a reply. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member.
I love Windows Movie Maker but have upgraded to Windows 10 which does not support it. Please, please direct me to a program that is similar. I am 70 years old and it is difficult for me to learn new things, so I'm not looking for a complicated do-everything program, just something simple like Windows Movie Maker. It is so well done that I don't expect to find a program that does as much and is as simple to understand, but I hope I can get advice here on where to go for program.
The program must work in Windows 10 of course. I assume many will want to know this, since Windows 10 only was made available yesterday.
This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Hi, Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Regards Vanessa. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User's post on July 30, Hi, I have the same problem as you but I would like to know what alternative app did you use instead?
A Microsoft Support engineer claims that a customer can download a version of Windows Movie Maker supported by Windows 10 at the specified link. I tried it and there is no support for Windows Movie Maker for Windows When will Microsoft get their act together? Movie maker installed fine for me.
