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Windows 7 + era versions



Around 2008-2009, when windows 7 started, it seems that some further development was done on windows movie maker. The word Live started to crop up… From windows 7, Movie maker was officially mostly bundled inside something to be downloaded, although it is not clear if there may have been a standalone initial version, perhaps in an overlap period
(2008) - Version 2009
Windows Live Movie Maker. Windows Live Essentials
As for the "Windows Live" version, A new version of the software, renamed Windows Live Movie Maker 2009, was released as a beta on September 17, 2008, and officially released as a standalone product through Windows Live Essentials suite on August 19, 2009. Windows Live Movie Maker 2009 is last version to support Windows XP, ( Windows Live Photo Gallery version 14.0.8117.416 )
Live Movie Maker 2009 supported both Windows Vista and Windows 7. About this time, 2009, Windows Movie Maker was no longer included with the operating system, which most likely means Vista will usually have Movie Maker, and a small chance it might also have Windows Live. I appear to have both on a Vista machine from new, ( it is showing as Windows Live Essentials 2011 https://i.postimg.cc/x8vVRv9Z/Window...nstllation.jpg )
https://i.postimg.cc/7hq9bjvt/Window...Maker-2009.jpg


(2010) - Version 2011
The only way to obtain Live Movie Maker on Windows 7 from this time and later was through the Windows Live Essentials suite, although some manufacturers pre-installed the application on new PCs.
An updated version , Windows Live Movie Maker 2011, was released on August 17, 2010, adding features such as webcam capture, support for high-definition video, the ability to upload videos directly to SkyDrive, Facebook, and YouTube through their respective web APIs, and the ability to add media files stored on network shares to projects .
Windows Essentials 2011, Released on 30 September 2010, "Windows Live Essentials 2011" runs on Windows Vista or later. Accordingly, it runs successfully on Windows 10 (just the same as any other 32-bit program
(So Windows Movie Maker was known as Windows Live Movie Maker for the 2009 and 2011 releases)
https://postimg.cc/sMSHvPb4


(2012) - Version 2012 2012.1
Windows Essentials 2012 ( discontinuation of the Windows Live brand (and the re-branding of the Windows Live suite as Windows Essentials )
With the discontinuation of the Windows Live brand (and the re-branding of the Windows Live suite as Windows Essentials , Windows Movie Maker 2012 was released in April 2012. Support for recording voice-overs was restored, along with an audio mixer and integration with several free stock music services. H.264/MP4 became the default export format (replacing Windows Media Video, but still can be used), support for uploading to Vimeo was introduced (other sites were added to the list in the Windows 8.1 release of the suite), and hardware accelerated video pila stabilisation was also added as an exclusive feature for Windows 8 users.
So the last version was Movie Maker 2012 (they dropped the "Live" branding, so it makes for confusion with the much earlier original Movie Maker ).
Windows Essentials 2012 was last updated in April 2014, support ended in 2017, it was removed for download on January 10, 2017.
https://i.postimg.cc/0y1MM0Dg/Window...Maker-2012.jpg



My best guess, just my opinion, is that Movie Maker was stopped as it was not reaching out to people and using them in the way that Microsoft had hoped. Movie maker is still regarded by many people as very good, but not at the top end of what is currently available.








Ref
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltJ...LIm9xI-2ZpVF-q