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  1. Install the Good, Vista Version of Windows Movie Maker (6.0) on Windows 7

    September 2, 2010 by Andrew Block

    Short attention span? Download the zip file, read the readme file, and be on your merry way!

    Like many others, I was sad to see Microsoft didn’t include Movie Maker with Windows 7. I thought the Windows Live version might fill that void, but frankly, it sucks. The Vista version (Movie Maker 6.0) was the best Movie Maker that Microsoft made.

    Note: there is a non-live version of Windows Movie Maker that you can download directly from Microsoft — Windows Movie Maker 2.6. It’s not as nearly good as 6.0, though.

    Thankfully, it’s pretty easy to get the Vista version — Windows Movie Maker 6.0 — installed on Windows 7.

    1. Download this ZIP file of Windows Movie Maker 6.0. NOTE: You MUST have a legal license of Vista to use this. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS if you don’t have a paid license for Windows Vista.
    2. Open or extract the ZIP file.
    3. Copy the ‘Windows Movie Maker 6.0′ directory to ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\’ (for Windows 7 64-bit) OR ‘C:\Program Files\’ (for Windows 7 32-bit).
    4. Run the correct batch file for your version of Windows 7: ‘install moviemk dlls – x64′ for the 64-bit version of Windows 7, and ‘install moviemk dlls – x86′ for the 32-bit version of Windows 7.
    5. Make movies!

    Shout below in the comments section if you have any issues. Oh and, do not attempt to install Windows Movie Maker 6.0 on Windows XP…it won’t work.

    Category Windows, Windows 7 Tips, Windows Vista Tips | Tags: ,,, | 1 Comment