Windows Movie Maker would be reintroduced in Windows Live Essentials suite as Windows Live Movie Maker. Microsoft Support Article on Windows Essentials Windows Live Movie Maker running on Windows 8 However, it can be added back by copying the files from Windows Vista. Windows Movie Maker would be removed in Windows 7. However, Microsoft also provided Windows Movie Maker 2.6 for Windows Vista. It's also the first and the last version of Windows Movie Maker that had the same version numbering as most of the other Windows components and apps.

The WIA-based media acquisition was also removed from the app. In Windows Vista, the WPF version of Windows Movie Maker was retained and the app gained Xbox 360 playback support, DVR-MS file format support and Direct3D-based transitions. In Windows Longhorn build 4093, an Avalon-based version of Windows Movie Maker was included, however it was later removed due to the development reset. Version 2.0 was released in November 2002 as a free update over Movie Maker 1.1 installing Service Pack 2 upgrades Movie Maker to version 2.1, while Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 added support for DVD burning. Version 1.1 was released on 25 October 2001 as part of Windows XP, which brought support for DV AVI videos and WIA-based (Windows Image Acquisition) media importion.

The first fully-developed version of Windows Movie Maker was released on 14 September 2000 as part of Windows Me. Windows Movie Maker was first introduced in Windows Me build 2416 as Windows Media Pad, before it was renamed in build 2429.

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