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Why taking printscreen in games produce black screen?

Ever since I started taking screenshots using PrintScreen key I was unable to do so in games. To do that I would need to use an alternative like Fraps or Steam build-in F12 key. I was wondering, why ...
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Windows 10 anniversary upgrade - border around window screenshot

After the Windows 10 Anniversary upgrade, the Alt+PrtScn combo captures a border of some size around a window, as in the screenshot below. Is it possible to have only the active window captured?
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Can I change the way Windows 10 gives names to screenshot?

Is it possible, by a registry hack or other method, to change the way Windows 10 names my screenshot taken and saved with Windows + Print Screen? Currently my screenshots in C:\Users\[Username]\...
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How to copy current window to clipboard in Windows 10

Last week, I upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1. In Windows 10, I want to know how to copy a screenshot, directly to the clipboard, of only the current window. In previous versions of Windows, ...
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How to find out what program took over control over Print Screen key?

How to find out and change what program responds to PrintScreen key press? Right now I use Greenshot and it fails to assign "Capture region" to PrintScreen. The error still persists:
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How to printscreen a big treeview in a windows app?

I have an app that I would like to send the screenshot of all selected options to the developer, but the options are in a huge treeview... Is there a trick to easily printscreen it, like capture ...
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How to allow applications to register PrintScreen hotkeys?

I use PicPick on a Windows 7 PC to quickly capture and edit screenshots. I've recently installed it on Windows 8.1, and the program is unable to bind the same hotkeys it uses on Windows 7. I've also ...
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Getting a filename of screen captured file

Is it possible to get filename of screen captured file in OneNote or in Evernote? The capture only saves the date, but I want the title of the document also.
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Prevent Screenshot in gnome using xmodmap

I want to prevent screenshots from being taken in GNOME using keyboard shortcuts. I need to do this by running a script in such a manner that it can be reverted later. I tried to do this using ...
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How to disable 'Screen Capture' in RDP session in Windows Server 2008 R2

I have a requirement of disabling the end users who remote desktop to a Server 2008 R2 machine to capture images digitally through say Print Screen key. Is there a reliable way to do it? I should ...
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How to make print screen button act silently (not treated as key down)?

I'm trying to take a screenshot of this program while it is running. When I press the print screen button, it raises a key down event which makes some elements in the program disappear. I'm not able ...
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How do I print screen in windows 7 after I experience the problems below?

I know in Windows 7 that clicking the key labelled, "Print Scr" should print your current screen, for me this isn't working. Before you say it's my key that's to blame, prior to this I was using ...
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Is there any program to printscreen a webpage? [duplicate]

I'm doing a lot of printscreening of a website at the moment for documentation. I usually just use the snipping tool that comes standard with Windows 7 but if the page is longer than the length of ...
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Hide a 2nd Monitor from a Programs Print Screen

I run 2 monitors on a PC that also runs a program for the Freelancing site Elance.com. The program they provide, takes screenshots and uploads them to my account for a client to see at different ...
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Is there a way to map the "Print Screen" key to another key without a third party tool in Windows RT?

I'm using a Surface RT, and there's no easy way to take a screenshot. The Print Screen key is excluded from the Surface's Touch Cover keyboard, so to take a screenshot, I have to plug in another ...
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