As far as I know Vista (home premium 64), (nor any other version of windows)
doesn't have a built-in way to save the clipboard to a file. I find that I
often take a screen capture of the active window (Alt +PrintScreen) and want
to save it as a file. I have to open an app like Photoshop and then paste
the picture in to it and then do a Save.

I know there are plenty of little apps to do this. I am looking for one
that is spyware free. Any suggestions? also why doesn't MS include this
in Windows?

Tanks,
Walter

It IS included in Vista. It's called Paint. It has been in Windows since
Windows 3.0 in the early 1990's.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Walter_Slipperman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> As far as I know Vista (home premium 64), (nor any other version of
> windows) doesn't have a built-in way to save the clipboard to a file. I
> find that I often take a screen capture of the active window (Alt
> +PrintScreen) and want to save it as a file. I have to open an app like
> Photoshop and then paste the picture in to it and then do a Save.
>
> I know there are plenty of little apps to do this. I am looking for one
> that is spyware free. Any suggestions? also why doesn't MS include
> this in Windows?
>
> Tanks,
> Walter

Install the Tablet PC components then you will have a "Snipping Tool" that
you can use.

"Walter_Slipperman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> As far as I know Vista (home premium 64), (nor any other version of
> windows) doesn't have a built-in way to save the clipboard to a file. I
> find that I often take a screen capture of the active window (Alt
> +PrintScreen) and want to save it as a file. I have to open an app like
> Photoshop and then paste the picture in to it and then do a Save.
>
> I know there are plenty of little apps to do this. I am looking for one
> that is spyware free. Any suggestions? also why doesn't MS include
> this in Windows?
>
> Tanks,
> Walter

Richard Urban <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> It IS included in Vista. It's called Paint. It has been in Windows since
> Windows 3.0 in the early 1990's.
>

Windows 1.0

ss.

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:19:34 -0800, "Walter_Slipperman"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> As far as I know Vista (home premium 64), (nor any other version of windows)
> doesn't have a built-in way to save the clipboard to a file. I find that I
> often take a screen capture of the active window (Alt +PrintScreen) and want
> to save it as a file. I have to open an app like Photoshop and then paste
> the picture in to it and then do a Save.
>
> I know there are plenty of little apps to do this. I am looking for one
> that is spyware free. Any suggestions? also why doesn't MS include this
> in Windows?


They do include it. It's called Paint.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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