MSWMM Files

Berton said:

This is what you are asking about and I think there will be an issue since Microsoft discontinued the Media Center of previous WIndows:
MSWMM File - What is it and how do I open it?
Tip: always give the full name before using an Acronym the first time so everyone knows what is meant.

Thanks, and that's what I thought. It's crazy how Microsoft would leave everyone out in the cold with Movie Maker files. I have projects saved that I would love to be able to open up and edit again.

I have not tried it, but will the movie maker found here Download Windows Live Movie Maker 16.4.3528 for Windows - Filehippo.com install and run?

mngerhold said:

I have not tried it, but will the movie maker found here Download Windows Live Movie Maker 16.4.3528 for Windows - Filehippo.com install and run?

Thank you, but that one won't install at all.

Porthos said:

You can download the full offline package here ... Movie maker is part of it.

The Movie Maker in Windows Essentials 2012 may be too new for the OP's purposes. Windows Live Movie Maker 2012 can only open MSWMM projects created by Movie Maker 6.0 (first available for Vista). If the OP's MSWMM project files were created in Movie Maker 2.1 (XP) or 2.6 (Vista) then the cannot be opened by Windows Live Movie Maker.

They can be opened in WMM 6.0, then saved as a 6.0 format MSWMM file. That could then be opened by Windows Live Movie Maker.

More here: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...4-616b6c7ecf9c

If @FullGrownNut has a Windows 7 machine available WMM 6.0 could be installed on that to do the conversion from 2.1/2.6 format to 6.0 format.

As the OP's specs say they have W10 Pro I would suggest trying a virtual machine, but for a W7 Hyper-V VM the sound card would not be available unless you could run a W7 VM in Enhanced Mode. For that to be possible it has to be created as a gen. 2 VM. WMM won't run if there's no sound card.

Microsoft Docs | Use local resources on Hyper-V virtual machine with VMConnect
Turn On or Off Hyper-V Enhanced Session Mode in Windows 10
Hyper-V virtualization - Setup and Use in Windows 10

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FullGrownNut said:

Up until about three years ago it seems, you could still install Windows Movie Maker 6, and be able to use it in Windows 10 at the time. Last night I tried just that, but kept getting this error message (attached) when I opened the program, so obviously it's not compatible anymore.

I've just installed WMM 6.0 in W10 2004 and yes, I get that same error. But click OK and the Windows Media player closes, leaving an apparently fully functional WMM 6.0. Whatever the Media Player's problem is, it doesn't seem to stop Movie Maker 6 from working normally. Here it is having opened one of my old XP WMM 2.1 MSWMM projects.



And having saved that project as a new 6.0 MSWMM project, I have confirmed that it can then be opened in Windows Essentials 2012 Movie Maker.