How To Recover Deleted Movie Maker Files?

“I completed working on a Windows Movie Maker project yesterday and I have many other Movie Maker video files on system. In order to free up memory space in my hard disk drive, I started deleting few unimportant Movie Maker files and during the removal process, I unintentionally deleted the WMM project that I created with lots of efforts on my system. Since I used “Shift + Delete” key combination to erase the files, the deleted Movie Maker video was not present in the Windows Recycle Bin, so is it possible to regain deleted Windows Movie Maker file?”

Windows Movie Maker is a video creating and editing application introduced by Microsoft Inc. You can also share videos of Movie Maker instantly via social networking, messaging, emails and like on. The default file format of Windows Movie Maker is .mswmm. The only drawback of Windows Movie Maker is accidental deletion of files created or edited in this software. You might come across a situation as mentioned in above paragraph and lose your essential as well as creative movie files. If so, then don’t panic!! Retrieval of deleted Movie Maker files is possible by using a relevant media file recovery application available on internet.

What Are The Other Reasons For Deletion Of Windows Movie Maker Files?

• Removing WMM files by mistake and emptying Recycle Bin without checking its contents.
• Virus attacks on the Windows system results in deletion of Movie Make files that are infected by viruses.
• Unauthentic third party softwares installed on system may conflict with operating system and become one reason for deletion of Movie Maker files without your knowledge.
• Hardware crash, OS corruption, abrupt system termination while using Movie Maker software, formation of bad sectors and many more causes removal of Windows Movie Maker files.

How To Recover Lost/Deleted Movie Maker Files?

One can make use of appropriate media files restoration software like Yodot Photo Recovery to get back deleted Movie Maker files on Windows computer. The utility has interactive user interface that supports user with less technical skills to rescue deleted as well as lost Movie Maker files easily within few mouse clicks. In addition to Movie Maker videos, this tool also aids in extracting other media files like music files, photos, RAW images, etc from internal hard drive, external hard disk drive, pen drive, memory card, iPods and other various storage devices. You can restore back deleted and missing media files from drives having FAT, FAT16, FAT32, ExtFAT, NTFS, NTFS5 and ReFS file systems on Windows system. The software is attuned to run on Windows PCs/notebooks installed with Windows 11, 10, and previous operating systems.

Follow These Steps To Retrieve Deleted Movie Maker Files:

• Download Yodot Photo Recovery software and install the software to Windows desktop/laptop.
• Run the program and follow the specified main screen instructions.
• Use Deleted Photo Recovery option to recover deleted Movie Maker files.
• Next, the application scans and shows all the drives/partition present on system.
• Choose the drive from where deleted Movie Maker files are to be restored and click on Next button.
• The utility scans the selected partition and displays deleted Windows Move Maker files.
• Mark your desired Movie Maker videos which you want to obtain back.
• At last, browse for the destination location to Save retrieved Movie Maker video files. However, do not save to same partition from where WMM files are rescued.