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I'm trying to find information how do we take a screenshot on Windows 7 that will actually create a screenshot file like .png in to your desktop like on mac where you can do it by pressing commandshift+4.



Mac keyboard with command, shift, and 4 keys highlighted



In windows all I know is that I can do it by press PrtScn = Windows captures the entire screen and copies it to the clipboard.



or for the Active windows I can just do hold Alt and press PrtScn = Windows captures only the currently active window and copies it to the clipboard.



Right now I'm using maComFort which it gives me the functionality of Mac-like keyboard that I can take a screenshot in such the same way with Mac OS X but really it changes many of the keys in my keyboard in the way I don't like.



So I wonder if there is a better way?










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    I read that on Windows 8 you can do Win + PrtScrn and it saves it in your user profile folder under pictures.

    – olli
    Sep 9 '15 at 16:34













  • 1. Open Picasa and minimize it. 2. Now, hit “Print Screen” key to capture the screen 3. Screenshots will automatically get saved in the “Pictures” folder

    – Venkat
    Oct 23 '17 at 4:47


















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I'm trying to find information how do we take a screenshot on Windows 7 that will actually create a screenshot file like .png in to your desktop like on mac where you can do it by pressing commandshift+4.



Mac keyboard with command, shift, and 4 keys highlighted



In windows all I know is that I can do it by press PrtScn = Windows captures the entire screen and copies it to the clipboard.



or for the Active windows I can just do hold Alt and press PrtScn = Windows captures only the currently active window and copies it to the clipboard.



Right now I'm using maComFort which it gives me the functionality of Mac-like keyboard that I can take a screenshot in such the same way with Mac OS X but really it changes many of the keys in my keyboard in the way I don't like.



So I wonder if there is a better way?










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  • 4





    I read that on Windows 8 you can do Win + PrtScrn and it saves it in your user profile folder under pictures.

    – olli
    Sep 9 '15 at 16:34













  • 1. Open Picasa and minimize it. 2. Now, hit “Print Screen” key to capture the screen 3. Screenshots will automatically get saved in the “Pictures” folder

    – Venkat
    Oct 23 '17 at 4:47














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I'm trying to find information how do we take a screenshot on Windows 7 that will actually create a screenshot file like .png in to your desktop like on mac where you can do it by pressing commandshift+4.



Mac keyboard with command, shift, and 4 keys highlighted



In windows all I know is that I can do it by press PrtScn = Windows captures the entire screen and copies it to the clipboard.



or for the Active windows I can just do hold Alt and press PrtScn = Windows captures only the currently active window and copies it to the clipboard.



Right now I'm using maComFort which it gives me the functionality of Mac-like keyboard that I can take a screenshot in such the same way with Mac OS X but really it changes many of the keys in my keyboard in the way I don't like.



So I wonder if there is a better way?










share|improve this question
















I'm trying to find information how do we take a screenshot on Windows 7 that will actually create a screenshot file like .png in to your desktop like on mac where you can do it by pressing commandshift+4.



Mac keyboard with command, shift, and 4 keys highlighted



In windows all I know is that I can do it by press PrtScn = Windows captures the entire screen and copies it to the clipboard.



or for the Active windows I can just do hold Alt and press PrtScn = Windows captures only the currently active window and copies it to the clipboard.



Right now I'm using maComFort which it gives me the functionality of Mac-like keyboard that I can take a screenshot in such the same way with Mac OS X but really it changes many of the keys in my keyboard in the way I don't like.



So I wonder if there is a better way?







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    I read that on Windows 8 you can do Win + PrtScrn and it saves it in your user profile folder under pictures.

    – olli
    Sep 9 '15 at 16:34













  • 1. Open Picasa and minimize it. 2. Now, hit “Print Screen” key to capture the screen 3. Screenshots will automatically get saved in the “Pictures” folder

    – Venkat
    Oct 23 '17 at 4:47














  • 4





    I read that on Windows 8 you can do Win + PrtScrn and it saves it in your user profile folder under pictures.

    – olli
    Sep 9 '15 at 16:34













  • 1. Open Picasa and minimize it. 2. Now, hit “Print Screen” key to capture the screen 3. Screenshots will automatically get saved in the “Pictures” folder

    – Venkat
    Oct 23 '17 at 4:47








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I read that on Windows 8 you can do Win + PrtScrn and it saves it in your user profile folder under pictures.

– olli
Sep 9 '15 at 16:34







I read that on Windows 8 you can do Win + PrtScrn and it saves it in your user profile folder under pictures.

– olli
Sep 9 '15 at 16:34















1. Open Picasa and minimize it. 2. Now, hit “Print Screen” key to capture the screen 3. Screenshots will automatically get saved in the “Pictures” folder

– Venkat
Oct 23 '17 at 4:47





1. Open Picasa and minimize it. 2. Now, hit “Print Screen” key to capture the screen 3. Screenshots will automatically get saved in the “Pictures” folder

– Venkat
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I use Screenpresso. It's free, portable and only uses the Print key (with modifiers).






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    Could you perhaps tell us something more about Screenpresso?

    – Ivo Flipse
    Apr 14 '12 at 6:51











  • I got this and set it to Ctrl+PrintScreen, it Auto saves to a folder and does not get in the way. It also has tonnes of other useful features such as capturing video.

    – Liam
    Jan 10 '14 at 10:30






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    Requires internet connection. No portable app that does nothing more than take a screenshot should require an internet connection to function.

    – Derek
    Feb 3 '15 at 23:29











  • I've just got Screenpresso but can't get it to prompt me for the filename before saving. is this possible?

    – Max Williams
    Mar 24 '16 at 17:14











  • Now it needs .NET crap, and it's about 13 MB, and it requires internet connection.

    – Marco Demaio
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Simply use the built in Snipping Tool. It will capture the screen and prompt you to save it to a .png file. If you want it to run when you hit PrintScrn then bind it to that key using AutoHotKey.






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  • To whom it may be interested, you could also add a shortcut to the Snipping Tool, something like CTRL+ALT+P. To do this, just right click on "Start > All Programs > Accessories > Snipping Tool" and select "Properties", then just click on "Shortcut Key" and add CTRL+ALT+P (you can't add PrintScrn as a shortcut, but at least you won't need to install any external application like AutoHotKey)

    – Marco Demaio
    Oct 2 '18 at 11:44





















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Download NirCmd, AutoHotKey and Install them both. (Copy nircmd files to either Windows directory or extract it to a new folder).



Change this to relevant directories where the nircmd executable is stored and the path to your desktop.



c:pathtonircmd.exe savescreenshot c:pathtodesktopScreenshot.png


If everything goes fine, you should see a screenshot on your desktop. Now to make PrintScreen to execute that command. This is where AutoHotKey comes in.



I just modified the Script found here. Create a new ".ahk" file using Notepad, Paste this and modify as needed.



#NoEnv
SendMode Input
SetWorkingDir, path:todesktop

PRINTSCREEN::Run, c:pathtonircmd.exe savescreenshot c:pathtodesktopScreenshot_%A_Now%.png
!PRINTSCREEN::Run, c:pathtonircmd.exe savescreenshotwin c:pathtodesktopScreenshot_%A_Now%.png
return


Now use the "Convert .ahk to .exe" tool which is installed along with AutoHotKey and create a executable.



Run that executable and press PrintScreen (and Alt+PrintScreen); See if that did the job.



Now just add a shortcut to that executable to your Startup folder (which automatically loads it whenever you boot).



Edit: Modified to add Alt+Printscreen and Timestamp to files.






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  • Sorry for second post. Enter key did not work as expected. I specifically came here looking for a screen capture solution with no "Save As" prompt. Not sure if OP wanted a solution with or without a prompt, but I'm upvoting this as an equally correct alternate answer. Note for the installer averse: You do not need the entire AutoHotKey bundle for this solution, useful as it all may be. You only need the compiler, Ahk2Exe.exe, which can be downloaded as a standalone executable. The command to create the executable from script is "Ahk2Exe.exe /in a:pathtoyour_script.ahk".

    – Ben Amos
    Sep 20 '16 at 17:48






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    If you still want the image to be in the clipboard too, prepend a tilde to the hotkey statement like, "~PRINTSCREEN::Run, ...." That passes the keypress through to the OS like usual, in addition to triggering the hotkey.

    – P1h3r1e3d13
    Jan 27 '17 at 18:53











  • What does the !PRINTSCREEN:: ... line do? What is the purpose of the leading exclamation point?

    – ChickenFeet
    Jun 20 '17 at 13:49



















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You could try Purrint.



http://www.bcheck.net/apps/



It gives you choices on formats to use, based on the extension you give the screengrabs when you first configure the program. And of course, you can choose where you want the screen shots to go.






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    Love that this app has worked since Windows 95, and is only 114kb!

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btw if you already happen to use IrfanView (which I happened to do, because it's an unbelievably super handy tool for quick editing images and opening/converting between all sorts of image formats), there is an option for starting a Screen Capturing session (Options -> Capture/Screenshot..) (i am attaching the dialog that is displayed, containing all the possible options like the destination directory and the shortcut buttons, as well as the naming and the format of the destination image files)



[edit] at the time of this writing IrfanView is "FREEWARE (for non-commercial use)"



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    I wrote a simple python script to capture the screen to a file on a hot key.



    The script and its shortcut are here.



    There are two files printscreen-win.lnk and printscreen-win.py



    Copy both of them to c:utils, that path can be changed but you need to edit the shortcut file.



    The shortcut file expects that your python is:



    c:Python27pythonw.exe


    Copy the shortcut to your Desktop and make a "Shortcut Key" from its Properties.
    Default one that I use is Ctrl + Alt + S



    Once you execute the script it will save a new screen-shot under ...Desktopscreen



    You will need Python 2.x and PIL.



    Enjoy!






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      I use Screenpresso. It's free, portable and only uses the Print key (with modifiers).






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        Could you perhaps tell us something more about Screenpresso?

        – Ivo Flipse
        Apr 14 '12 at 6:51











      • I got this and set it to Ctrl+PrintScreen, it Auto saves to a folder and does not get in the way. It also has tonnes of other useful features such as capturing video.

        – Liam
        Jan 10 '14 at 10:30






      • 4





        Requires internet connection. No portable app that does nothing more than take a screenshot should require an internet connection to function.

        – Derek
        Feb 3 '15 at 23:29











      • I've just got Screenpresso but can't get it to prompt me for the filename before saving. is this possible?

        – Max Williams
        Mar 24 '16 at 17:14











      • Now it needs .NET crap, and it's about 13 MB, and it requires internet connection.

        – Marco Demaio
        Oct 2 '18 at 11:31
















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      I use Screenpresso. It's free, portable and only uses the Print key (with modifiers).






      share|improve this answer



















      • 2





        Could you perhaps tell us something more about Screenpresso?

        – Ivo Flipse
        Apr 14 '12 at 6:51











      • I got this and set it to Ctrl+PrintScreen, it Auto saves to a folder and does not get in the way. It also has tonnes of other useful features such as capturing video.

        – Liam
        Jan 10 '14 at 10:30






      • 4





        Requires internet connection. No portable app that does nothing more than take a screenshot should require an internet connection to function.

        – Derek
        Feb 3 '15 at 23:29











      • I've just got Screenpresso but can't get it to prompt me for the filename before saving. is this possible?

        – Max Williams
        Mar 24 '16 at 17:14











      • Now it needs .NET crap, and it's about 13 MB, and it requires internet connection.

        – Marco Demaio
        Oct 2 '18 at 11:31














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      I use Screenpresso. It's free, portable and only uses the Print key (with modifiers).






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      I use Screenpresso. It's free, portable and only uses the Print key (with modifiers).







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      • 2





        Could you perhaps tell us something more about Screenpresso?

        – Ivo Flipse
        Apr 14 '12 at 6:51











      • I got this and set it to Ctrl+PrintScreen, it Auto saves to a folder and does not get in the way. It also has tonnes of other useful features such as capturing video.

        – Liam
        Jan 10 '14 at 10:30






      • 4





        Requires internet connection. No portable app that does nothing more than take a screenshot should require an internet connection to function.

        – Derek
        Feb 3 '15 at 23:29











      • I've just got Screenpresso but can't get it to prompt me for the filename before saving. is this possible?

        – Max Williams
        Mar 24 '16 at 17:14











      • Now it needs .NET crap, and it's about 13 MB, and it requires internet connection.

        – Marco Demaio
        Oct 2 '18 at 11:31














      • 2





        Could you perhaps tell us something more about Screenpresso?

        – Ivo Flipse
        Apr 14 '12 at 6:51











      • I got this and set it to Ctrl+PrintScreen, it Auto saves to a folder and does not get in the way. It also has tonnes of other useful features such as capturing video.

        – Liam
        Jan 10 '14 at 10:30






      • 4





        Requires internet connection. No portable app that does nothing more than take a screenshot should require an internet connection to function.

        – Derek
        Feb 3 '15 at 23:29











      • I've just got Screenpresso but can't get it to prompt me for the filename before saving. is this possible?

        – Max Williams
        Mar 24 '16 at 17:14











      • Now it needs .NET crap, and it's about 13 MB, and it requires internet connection.

        – Marco Demaio
        Oct 2 '18 at 11:31








      2




      2





      Could you perhaps tell us something more about Screenpresso?

      – Ivo Flipse
      Apr 14 '12 at 6:51





      Could you perhaps tell us something more about Screenpresso?

      – Ivo Flipse
      Apr 14 '12 at 6:51













      I got this and set it to Ctrl+PrintScreen, it Auto saves to a folder and does not get in the way. It also has tonnes of other useful features such as capturing video.

      – Liam
      Jan 10 '14 at 10:30





      I got this and set it to Ctrl+PrintScreen, it Auto saves to a folder and does not get in the way. It also has tonnes of other useful features such as capturing video.

      – Liam
      Jan 10 '14 at 10:30




      4




      4





      Requires internet connection. No portable app that does nothing more than take a screenshot should require an internet connection to function.

      – Derek
      Feb 3 '15 at 23:29





      Requires internet connection. No portable app that does nothing more than take a screenshot should require an internet connection to function.

      – Derek
      Feb 3 '15 at 23:29













      I've just got Screenpresso but can't get it to prompt me for the filename before saving. is this possible?

      – Max Williams
      Mar 24 '16 at 17:14





      I've just got Screenpresso but can't get it to prompt me for the filename before saving. is this possible?

      – Max Williams
      Mar 24 '16 at 17:14













      Now it needs .NET crap, and it's about 13 MB, and it requires internet connection.

      – Marco Demaio
      Oct 2 '18 at 11:31





      Now it needs .NET crap, and it's about 13 MB, and it requires internet connection.

      – Marco Demaio
      Oct 2 '18 at 11:31













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      Simply use the built in Snipping Tool. It will capture the screen and prompt you to save it to a .png file. If you want it to run when you hit PrintScrn then bind it to that key using AutoHotKey.






      share|improve this answer
























      • To whom it may be interested, you could also add a shortcut to the Snipping Tool, something like CTRL+ALT+P. To do this, just right click on "Start > All Programs > Accessories > Snipping Tool" and select "Properties", then just click on "Shortcut Key" and add CTRL+ALT+P (you can't add PrintScrn as a shortcut, but at least you won't need to install any external application like AutoHotKey)

        – Marco Demaio
        Oct 2 '18 at 11:44


















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      Simply use the built in Snipping Tool. It will capture the screen and prompt you to save it to a .png file. If you want it to run when you hit PrintScrn then bind it to that key using AutoHotKey.






      share|improve this answer
























      • To whom it may be interested, you could also add a shortcut to the Snipping Tool, something like CTRL+ALT+P. To do this, just right click on "Start > All Programs > Accessories > Snipping Tool" and select "Properties", then just click on "Shortcut Key" and add CTRL+ALT+P (you can't add PrintScrn as a shortcut, but at least you won't need to install any external application like AutoHotKey)

        – Marco Demaio
        Oct 2 '18 at 11:44
















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      Simply use the built in Snipping Tool. It will capture the screen and prompt you to save it to a .png file. If you want it to run when you hit PrintScrn then bind it to that key using AutoHotKey.






      share|improve this answer













      Simply use the built in Snipping Tool. It will capture the screen and prompt you to save it to a .png file. If you want it to run when you hit PrintScrn then bind it to that key using AutoHotKey.







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      • To whom it may be interested, you could also add a shortcut to the Snipping Tool, something like CTRL+ALT+P. To do this, just right click on "Start > All Programs > Accessories > Snipping Tool" and select "Properties", then just click on "Shortcut Key" and add CTRL+ALT+P (you can't add PrintScrn as a shortcut, but at least you won't need to install any external application like AutoHotKey)

        – Marco Demaio
        Oct 2 '18 at 11:44





















      • To whom it may be interested, you could also add a shortcut to the Snipping Tool, something like CTRL+ALT+P. To do this, just right click on "Start > All Programs > Accessories > Snipping Tool" and select "Properties", then just click on "Shortcut Key" and add CTRL+ALT+P (you can't add PrintScrn as a shortcut, but at least you won't need to install any external application like AutoHotKey)

        – Marco Demaio
        Oct 2 '18 at 11:44



















      To whom it may be interested, you could also add a shortcut to the Snipping Tool, something like CTRL+ALT+P. To do this, just right click on "Start > All Programs > Accessories > Snipping Tool" and select "Properties", then just click on "Shortcut Key" and add CTRL+ALT+P (you can't add PrintScrn as a shortcut, but at least you won't need to install any external application like AutoHotKey)

      – Marco Demaio
      Oct 2 '18 at 11:44







      To whom it may be interested, you could also add a shortcut to the Snipping Tool, something like CTRL+ALT+P. To do this, just right click on "Start > All Programs > Accessories > Snipping Tool" and select "Properties", then just click on "Shortcut Key" and add CTRL+ALT+P (you can't add PrintScrn as a shortcut, but at least you won't need to install any external application like AutoHotKey)

      – Marco Demaio
      Oct 2 '18 at 11:44













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      Download NirCmd, AutoHotKey and Install them both. (Copy nircmd files to either Windows directory or extract it to a new folder).



      Change this to relevant directories where the nircmd executable is stored and the path to your desktop.



      c:pathtonircmd.exe savescreenshot c:pathtodesktopScreenshot.png


      If everything goes fine, you should see a screenshot on your desktop. Now to make PrintScreen to execute that command. This is where AutoHotKey comes in.



      I just modified the Script found here. Create a new ".ahk" file using Notepad, Paste this and modify as needed.



      #NoEnv
      SendMode Input
      SetWorkingDir, path:todesktop

      PRINTSCREEN::Run, c:pathtonircmd.exe savescreenshot c:pathtodesktopScreenshot_%A_Now%.png
      !PRINTSCREEN::Run, c:pathtonircmd.exe savescreenshotwin c:pathtodesktopScreenshot_%A_Now%.png
      return


      Now use the "Convert .ahk to .exe" tool which is installed along with AutoHotKey and create a executable.



      Run that executable and press PrintScreen (and Alt+PrintScreen); See if that did the job.



      Now just add a shortcut to that executable to your Startup folder (which automatically loads it whenever you boot).



      Edit: Modified to add Alt+Printscreen and Timestamp to files.






      share|improve this answer


























      • Sorry for second post. Enter key did not work as expected. I specifically came here looking for a screen capture solution with no "Save As" prompt. Not sure if OP wanted a solution with or without a prompt, but I'm upvoting this as an equally correct alternate answer. Note for the installer averse: You do not need the entire AutoHotKey bundle for this solution, useful as it all may be. You only need the compiler, Ahk2Exe.exe, which can be downloaded as a standalone executable. The command to create the executable from script is "Ahk2Exe.exe /in a:pathtoyour_script.ahk".

        – Ben Amos
        Sep 20 '16 at 17:48






      • 1





        If you still want the image to be in the clipboard too, prepend a tilde to the hotkey statement like, "~PRINTSCREEN::Run, ...." That passes the keypress through to the OS like usual, in addition to triggering the hotkey.

        – P1h3r1e3d13
        Jan 27 '17 at 18:53











      • What does the !PRINTSCREEN:: ... line do? What is the purpose of the leading exclamation point?

        – ChickenFeet
        Jun 20 '17 at 13:49
















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      Download NirCmd, AutoHotKey and Install them both. (Copy nircmd files to either Windows directory or extract it to a new folder).



      Change this to relevant directories where the nircmd executable is stored and the path to your desktop.



      c:pathtonircmd.exe savescreenshot c:pathtodesktopScreenshot.png


      If everything goes fine, you should see a screenshot on your desktop. Now to make PrintScreen to execute that command. This is where AutoHotKey comes in.



      I just modified the Script found here. Create a new ".ahk" file using Notepad, Paste this and modify as needed.



      #NoEnv
      SendMode Input
      SetWorkingDir, path:todesktop

      PRINTSCREEN::Run, c:pathtonircmd.exe savescreenshot c:pathtodesktopScreenshot_%A_Now%.png
      !PRINTSCREEN::Run, c:pathtonircmd.exe savescreenshotwin c:pathtodesktopScreenshot_%A_Now%.png
      return


      Now use the "Convert .ahk to .exe" tool which is installed along with AutoHotKey and create a executable.



      Run that executable and press PrintScreen (and Alt+PrintScreen); See if that did the job.



      Now just add a shortcut to that executable to your Startup folder (which automatically loads it whenever you boot).



      Edit: Modified to add Alt+Printscreen and Timestamp to files.






      share|improve this answer


























      • Sorry for second post. Enter key did not work as expected. I specifically came here looking for a screen capture solution with no "Save As" prompt. Not sure if OP wanted a solution with or without a prompt, but I'm upvoting this as an equally correct alternate answer. Note for the installer averse: You do not need the entire AutoHotKey bundle for this solution, useful as it all may be. You only need the compiler, Ahk2Exe.exe, which can be downloaded as a standalone executable. The command to create the executable from script is "Ahk2Exe.exe /in a:pathtoyour_script.ahk".

        – Ben Amos
        Sep 20 '16 at 17:48






      • 1





        If you still want the image to be in the clipboard too, prepend a tilde to the hotkey statement like, "~PRINTSCREEN::Run, ...." That passes the keypress through to the OS like usual, in addition to triggering the hotkey.

        – P1h3r1e3d13
        Jan 27 '17 at 18:53











      • What does the !PRINTSCREEN:: ... line do? What is the purpose of the leading exclamation point?

        – ChickenFeet
        Jun 20 '17 at 13:49














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      Download NirCmd, AutoHotKey and Install them both. (Copy nircmd files to either Windows directory or extract it to a new folder).



      Change this to relevant directories where the nircmd executable is stored and the path to your desktop.



      c:pathtonircmd.exe savescreenshot c:pathtodesktopScreenshot.png


      If everything goes fine, you should see a screenshot on your desktop. Now to make PrintScreen to execute that command. This is where AutoHotKey comes in.



      I just modified the Script found here. Create a new ".ahk" file using Notepad, Paste this and modify as needed.



      #NoEnv
      SendMode Input
      SetWorkingDir, path:todesktop

      PRINTSCREEN::Run, c:pathtonircmd.exe savescreenshot c:pathtodesktopScreenshot_%A_Now%.png
      !PRINTSCREEN::Run, c:pathtonircmd.exe savescreenshotwin c:pathtodesktopScreenshot_%A_Now%.png
      return


      Now use the "Convert .ahk to .exe" tool which is installed along with AutoHotKey and create a executable.



      Run that executable and press PrintScreen (and Alt+PrintScreen); See if that did the job.



      Now just add a shortcut to that executable to your Startup folder (which automatically loads it whenever you boot).



      Edit: Modified to add Alt+Printscreen and Timestamp to files.






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      Download NirCmd, AutoHotKey and Install them both. (Copy nircmd files to either Windows directory or extract it to a new folder).



      Change this to relevant directories where the nircmd executable is stored and the path to your desktop.



      c:pathtonircmd.exe savescreenshot c:pathtodesktopScreenshot.png


      If everything goes fine, you should see a screenshot on your desktop. Now to make PrintScreen to execute that command. This is where AutoHotKey comes in.



      I just modified the Script found here. Create a new ".ahk" file using Notepad, Paste this and modify as needed.



      #NoEnv
      SendMode Input
      SetWorkingDir, path:todesktop

      PRINTSCREEN::Run, c:pathtonircmd.exe savescreenshot c:pathtodesktopScreenshot_%A_Now%.png
      !PRINTSCREEN::Run, c:pathtonircmd.exe savescreenshotwin c:pathtodesktopScreenshot_%A_Now%.png
      return


      Now use the "Convert .ahk to .exe" tool which is installed along with AutoHotKey and create a executable.



      Run that executable and press PrintScreen (and Alt+PrintScreen); See if that did the job.



      Now just add a shortcut to that executable to your Startup folder (which automatically loads it whenever you boot).



      Edit: Modified to add Alt+Printscreen and Timestamp to files.







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      edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17









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      answered Apr 14 '12 at 4:54









      vvsrajuvvsraju

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      • Sorry for second post. Enter key did not work as expected. I specifically came here looking for a screen capture solution with no "Save As" prompt. Not sure if OP wanted a solution with or without a prompt, but I'm upvoting this as an equally correct alternate answer. Note for the installer averse: You do not need the entire AutoHotKey bundle for this solution, useful as it all may be. You only need the compiler, Ahk2Exe.exe, which can be downloaded as a standalone executable. The command to create the executable from script is "Ahk2Exe.exe /in a:pathtoyour_script.ahk".

        – Ben Amos
        Sep 20 '16 at 17:48






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        If you still want the image to be in the clipboard too, prepend a tilde to the hotkey statement like, "~PRINTSCREEN::Run, ...." That passes the keypress through to the OS like usual, in addition to triggering the hotkey.

        – P1h3r1e3d13
        Jan 27 '17 at 18:53











      • What does the !PRINTSCREEN:: ... line do? What is the purpose of the leading exclamation point?

        – ChickenFeet
        Jun 20 '17 at 13:49



















      • Sorry for second post. Enter key did not work as expected. I specifically came here looking for a screen capture solution with no "Save As" prompt. Not sure if OP wanted a solution with or without a prompt, but I'm upvoting this as an equally correct alternate answer. Note for the installer averse: You do not need the entire AutoHotKey bundle for this solution, useful as it all may be. You only need the compiler, Ahk2Exe.exe, which can be downloaded as a standalone executable. The command to create the executable from script is "Ahk2Exe.exe /in a:pathtoyour_script.ahk".

        – Ben Amos
        Sep 20 '16 at 17:48






      • 1





        If you still want the image to be in the clipboard too, prepend a tilde to the hotkey statement like, "~PRINTSCREEN::Run, ...." That passes the keypress through to the OS like usual, in addition to triggering the hotkey.

        – P1h3r1e3d13
        Jan 27 '17 at 18:53











      • What does the !PRINTSCREEN:: ... line do? What is the purpose of the leading exclamation point?

        – ChickenFeet
        Jun 20 '17 at 13:49

















      Sorry for second post. Enter key did not work as expected. I specifically came here looking for a screen capture solution with no "Save As" prompt. Not sure if OP wanted a solution with or without a prompt, but I'm upvoting this as an equally correct alternate answer. Note for the installer averse: You do not need the entire AutoHotKey bundle for this solution, useful as it all may be. You only need the compiler, Ahk2Exe.exe, which can be downloaded as a standalone executable. The command to create the executable from script is "Ahk2Exe.exe /in a:pathtoyour_script.ahk".

      – Ben Amos
      Sep 20 '16 at 17:48





      Sorry for second post. Enter key did not work as expected. I specifically came here looking for a screen capture solution with no "Save As" prompt. Not sure if OP wanted a solution with or without a prompt, but I'm upvoting this as an equally correct alternate answer. Note for the installer averse: You do not need the entire AutoHotKey bundle for this solution, useful as it all may be. You only need the compiler, Ahk2Exe.exe, which can be downloaded as a standalone executable. The command to create the executable from script is "Ahk2Exe.exe /in a:pathtoyour_script.ahk".

      – Ben Amos
      Sep 20 '16 at 17:48




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      1





      If you still want the image to be in the clipboard too, prepend a tilde to the hotkey statement like, "~PRINTSCREEN::Run, ...." That passes the keypress through to the OS like usual, in addition to triggering the hotkey.

      – P1h3r1e3d13
      Jan 27 '17 at 18:53





      If you still want the image to be in the clipboard too, prepend a tilde to the hotkey statement like, "~PRINTSCREEN::Run, ...." That passes the keypress through to the OS like usual, in addition to triggering the hotkey.

      – P1h3r1e3d13
      Jan 27 '17 at 18:53













      What does the !PRINTSCREEN:: ... line do? What is the purpose of the leading exclamation point?

      – ChickenFeet
      Jun 20 '17 at 13:49





      What does the !PRINTSCREEN:: ... line do? What is the purpose of the leading exclamation point?

      – ChickenFeet
      Jun 20 '17 at 13:49











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      You could try Purrint.



      http://www.bcheck.net/apps/



      It gives you choices on formats to use, based on the extension you give the screengrabs when you first configure the program. And of course, you can choose where you want the screen shots to go.






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        Love that this app has worked since Windows 95, and is only 114kb!

        – Thomas Edwards
        Oct 3 '17 at 20:55
















      4














      You could try Purrint.



      http://www.bcheck.net/apps/



      It gives you choices on formats to use, based on the extension you give the screengrabs when you first configure the program. And of course, you can choose where you want the screen shots to go.






      share|improve this answer



















      • 1





        Love that this app has worked since Windows 95, and is only 114kb!

        – Thomas Edwards
        Oct 3 '17 at 20:55














      4












      4








      4







      You could try Purrint.



      http://www.bcheck.net/apps/



      It gives you choices on formats to use, based on the extension you give the screengrabs when you first configure the program. And of course, you can choose where you want the screen shots to go.






      share|improve this answer













      You could try Purrint.



      http://www.bcheck.net/apps/



      It gives you choices on formats to use, based on the extension you give the screengrabs when you first configure the program. And of course, you can choose where you want the screen shots to go.







      share|improve this answer












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      answered Apr 17 '12 at 6:44









      KeithKeith

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        Love that this app has worked since Windows 95, and is only 114kb!

        – Thomas Edwards
        Oct 3 '17 at 20:55














      • 1





        Love that this app has worked since Windows 95, and is only 114kb!

        – Thomas Edwards
        Oct 3 '17 at 20:55








      1




      1





      Love that this app has worked since Windows 95, and is only 114kb!

      – Thomas Edwards
      Oct 3 '17 at 20:55





      Love that this app has worked since Windows 95, and is only 114kb!

      – Thomas Edwards
      Oct 3 '17 at 20:55











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      btw if you already happen to use IrfanView (which I happened to do, because it's an unbelievably super handy tool for quick editing images and opening/converting between all sorts of image formats), there is an option for starting a Screen Capturing session (Options -> Capture/Screenshot..) (i am attaching the dialog that is displayed, containing all the possible options like the destination directory and the shortcut buttons, as well as the naming and the format of the destination image files)



      [edit] at the time of this writing IrfanView is "FREEWARE (for non-commercial use)"



      irfanview screenshot






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        btw if you already happen to use IrfanView (which I happened to do, because it's an unbelievably super handy tool for quick editing images and opening/converting between all sorts of image formats), there is an option for starting a Screen Capturing session (Options -> Capture/Screenshot..) (i am attaching the dialog that is displayed, containing all the possible options like the destination directory and the shortcut buttons, as well as the naming and the format of the destination image files)



        [edit] at the time of this writing IrfanView is "FREEWARE (for non-commercial use)"



        irfanview screenshot






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          0












          0








          0







          btw if you already happen to use IrfanView (which I happened to do, because it's an unbelievably super handy tool for quick editing images and opening/converting between all sorts of image formats), there is an option for starting a Screen Capturing session (Options -> Capture/Screenshot..) (i am attaching the dialog that is displayed, containing all the possible options like the destination directory and the shortcut buttons, as well as the naming and the format of the destination image files)



          [edit] at the time of this writing IrfanView is "FREEWARE (for non-commercial use)"



          irfanview screenshot






          share|improve this answer













          btw if you already happen to use IrfanView (which I happened to do, because it's an unbelievably super handy tool for quick editing images and opening/converting between all sorts of image formats), there is an option for starting a Screen Capturing session (Options -> Capture/Screenshot..) (i am attaching the dialog that is displayed, containing all the possible options like the destination directory and the shortcut buttons, as well as the naming and the format of the destination image files)



          [edit] at the time of this writing IrfanView is "FREEWARE (for non-commercial use)"



          irfanview screenshot







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          answered Jan 13 at 12:23









          hello_earthhello_earth

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              I wrote a simple python script to capture the screen to a file on a hot key.



              The script and its shortcut are here.



              There are two files printscreen-win.lnk and printscreen-win.py



              Copy both of them to c:utils, that path can be changed but you need to edit the shortcut file.



              The shortcut file expects that your python is:



              c:Python27pythonw.exe


              Copy the shortcut to your Desktop and make a "Shortcut Key" from its Properties.
              Default one that I use is Ctrl + Alt + S



              Once you execute the script it will save a new screen-shot under ...Desktopscreen



              You will need Python 2.x and PIL.



              Enjoy!






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                -1














                I wrote a simple python script to capture the screen to a file on a hot key.



                The script and its shortcut are here.



                There are two files printscreen-win.lnk and printscreen-win.py



                Copy both of them to c:utils, that path can be changed but you need to edit the shortcut file.



                The shortcut file expects that your python is:



                c:Python27pythonw.exe


                Copy the shortcut to your Desktop and make a "Shortcut Key" from its Properties.
                Default one that I use is Ctrl + Alt + S



                Once you execute the script it will save a new screen-shot under ...Desktopscreen



                You will need Python 2.x and PIL.



                Enjoy!






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                  -1








                  -1







                  I wrote a simple python script to capture the screen to a file on a hot key.



                  The script and its shortcut are here.



                  There are two files printscreen-win.lnk and printscreen-win.py



                  Copy both of them to c:utils, that path can be changed but you need to edit the shortcut file.



                  The shortcut file expects that your python is:



                  c:Python27pythonw.exe


                  Copy the shortcut to your Desktop and make a "Shortcut Key" from its Properties.
                  Default one that I use is Ctrl + Alt + S



                  Once you execute the script it will save a new screen-shot under ...Desktopscreen



                  You will need Python 2.x and PIL.



                  Enjoy!






                  share|improve this answer















                  I wrote a simple python script to capture the screen to a file on a hot key.



                  The script and its shortcut are here.



                  There are two files printscreen-win.lnk and printscreen-win.py



                  Copy both of them to c:utils, that path can be changed but you need to edit the shortcut file.



                  The shortcut file expects that your python is:



                  c:Python27pythonw.exe


                  Copy the shortcut to your Desktop and make a "Shortcut Key" from its Properties.
                  Default one that I use is Ctrl + Alt + S



                  Once you execute the script it will save a new screen-shot under ...Desktopscreen



                  You will need Python 2.x and PIL.



                  Enjoy!







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                  answered Jun 2 '14 at 13:05









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