Questions tagged [print-screen]
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Print screen with cursor in Windows 7
I'm trying to capture some screenshots for a tutorial. When I press Print Screen (or PrtSc) on my keyboard, and paste into an image editor, the cursor's gone. The "tooltips" (if any) do print, but I ...
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What does "Win Button" + "Print Screen" do on Windows 8?
Today I was going to System Properties with Win+Break and accidentally pressed Win+Print Screen. By doing this, Windows 8 RTM x86 lowered the display brightness for 2 seconds and then returned to ...
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Print Screen Error With Dual Monitors
I have a dual monitor setup running Windows XP, and when I hit "Print Screen" and try to paste into Paint, it fails with the error "error getting the clipboard data". Holding down alt-print screen ...
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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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How to make a screenshot with a Mac keyboard on a Mac that is running Windows 7?
I have a Mac that is running Windows 7 through Bootcamp. I am using an external Mac keyboard and I want to take a screenshot but I have not had any success. I tried to Google the soltuion, but all the ...
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Is there a way to take a screenshot in KDE desktop by pressing only the "PrtSc" key?
I am using Fedora 25. I have installed both GNOME and KDE and some other desktop systems. I frequently take screenshots when I see any video like tutorial, documentary etc.
For GNOME to take a ...
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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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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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Is there a way to do 'print screen' capturing areas off screen?
Sometimes I like to get a screen grab of a web page or application so that I can edit it for UI design purposes. Is there a way of getting a screen grab of the entire page (including ares which you'd ...
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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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What .exe gets called when I press Win+PrintScreen?
For reference: this is a quick way to take a screenshot and have it saved in your Pictures folder (or elsewhere).
I would like to call it from a script if possible. Are there command line arguments? ...
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How to paste Print Screen on MS Paint automatically when press "PrtSc" button?
Same question as by this person, but I need a better answer :)
Paint is great for my needs; I do not need anything else 99% of the time.
How to paste Print Screen on MS Paint automatically when press ...
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Remote desktop control on print screen
Is there a way to make the remote desktop control at the top of the screen (ie. the small tab with the ip and minimize, close etc icons) be captured when you do a print screen?
Normally it just gets ...
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Print screen not working on windows 10
I'm using Windows 10. When I try to take print screen with PrintScreen, nothing happens
I tried these shorcuts
Ctrl+PrintScreen
Win+PrintScreen
PrintScreen
Alt+PrintScreen
Func+PrintScreen
Win+Ctrl+...
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windowkey + print screen not working on windows 10
I'm using windows 10.
When I try to take screen shot with windows key + PrtScr key, nothing happens.
PrtScr key copies screen to a clipboard. Shift + windows key + s also works.
I want to know why ...
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