Why is this blog post called "Download Windows Live Writer 2012?" Because that's all I wanted to do. I love Live Writer. If you love it too, put a note in the comments and maybe the team will notice, because I will carry Windows Live Writer with me until you pry it from my cold, dead hands. I use Windows Live Writer exclusively for writing my blog posts and I recommend you use it too. Windows Live Writer is the best windows blog authoring application I have found so far.
This post now exists so when I google for download Windows Live Writer I will find it.
The TL;DR version of this post is this:
- You can download Windows Live Writer 2012 here http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/essentials or here for a list of all the languages it's available in http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/download-windows-essentials
- Make sure you have .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 if you don't already.
I googled with Google for "Windows Live Writer 2012" and got this mess, including the slightly creepy "you visited this page on" message. Um, thanks for noticing.
* These images are poorly resized on purpose you don't think they are clickable.
When I googled with Bing for "Windows Live Writer 2012" I got this mess. Three results from a bunch of evil download sites that I don't trust because they will just install toolbars and I'm generally afraid of them.
The second link looks promising since it's at Microsoft's own Download Center, BUT the date is from 2009.
Finding this thing is too hard so this blog post exists so you can find it and because I felt like complaining a little. Just a little.
Again, the point of this post is this:
- You can download Windows Live Writer 2012 here http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/essentials or here for a list of all the languages it's available in http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/download-windows-essentials
- Make sure you have .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 if you don't already.
Have a nice day!
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