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Should I remove Windows Movie Maker?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
4% remove it96% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #17,982
United States Rank #21,789
Reach 0.0133%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 8.89 days
262.34 days >
Average installed length: 137.84 days

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Windows Movie Maker 6.0.6000.16386

What is Windows Movie Maker?

Windows Movie Maker is a freeware video editing software and part of Windows Essentials software suite and offers the ability to create and edit videos as well as to publish them on SkyDrive, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr.

Overview

The software installer includes 38 files and is usually about 33.67 MB (35,306,212 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/movie-maker.aspx
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 33.67 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Windows Movie Maker 6.0.6000.16386

  • VideoCameraAutoPlayManager.exe - Windows Video Camera Auto Play Manager
  • PipeTran.dll - Windows Video Pipeline Transitions
  • WMM2AE.dll - Windows Movie Maker AutoMovie
  • WMM2EXT.dll - Windows Movie Maker Ext DLL
  • WMM2FILT.dll - Windows Movie Maker Filters
  • VideoMediaHandler.dll - Windows Video Clip Support
  • WMM2CLIP.dll
  • Pipeline.dll - Windows Video Pipeline
  • CaptureWizard.exe - Windows Import Video
  • MOVIEMK.dll - Windows Movie Maker
  • moviemk.exe
  • wmm2eres.dll - Windows Movie Maker Ext Res
  • wmm2fxa.dll - Windows Movie Maker FX
  • wmm2fxb.dll
  • wmm2res.dll - WMM2RES
  • wmm2res2.dll - WMM2RES2
  • wmmfilt.dll
  • wmmres.dll
  • wmmutil.dll
  • DVDMaker.exe - Windows DVD Maker
  • OmdBase.dll
  • OmdProject.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Autoplay Handlers
  • DVDMaker.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'MSDVDArrivalDvdMaker' with the ProgID of 'DVDMaker.DVD' and the action verb 'burn.
  • VideoCameraAutoPlayManager.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler (MSVideoCameraArrivalCaptureWizard).

How do I remove Windows Movie Maker?

You can uninstall Windows Movie Maker from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program Windows Movie Maker 6.0.6000.16386, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Windows Movie Maker.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 62%
Win Vista (SP2) 1%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 4%
Keep it 96%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#17,982

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 83.27%
Windows 10 14.83%
Windows XP 1.14%
Windows Vista 0.76%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 46.77%
Windows 7 Home Premium 22.43%
Windows 7 Professional 9.89%
Windows 8.1 Pro 3.42%
Windows 8 Single Language 2.28%
Windows 8 Pro 1.90%

Distribution by countryGeography

29.86% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 29.86%
  Indonesia 27.78%
  Philippines 3.82%
  Saudi Arabia 3.47%
  MA 2.78%
  Canada 2.78%
  United Kingdom 2.78%
  Singapore 2.43%
  DZ 2.43%
  Romania 2.43%
  Egypt 2.08%
  Malaysia 2.08%
  Brazil 1.39%
  France 1.04%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 23.83%
Hewlett-Packard 19.69%
Dell 17.62%
ASUS 14.51%
GIGABYTE 6.22%
Toshiba 6.22%
Lenovo 4.15%
Samsung 3.63%
Sony 2.07%
Alienware 1.04%
Intel 1.04%
Common models
Acer Aspire 4752 3.31%
Acer Aspire 4750 2.48%
ACER Aspire M5641 1.65%
ASUS All Series 1.65%
ASUSTeK K42F 1.65%
ASUSTeK K55VJ 1.65%

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a variety of products and services related to computing.
Publisher URL: www.microsoft.com

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