Is there an easy to reconfigure print screen to capture screen 1?

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Metspitzer said:
Is there an easy to reconfigure print screen to capture screen 1?
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Don't see any key combos that differentiate a screen capture based on
which screen it is displayed mentioned at:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301583

Do you have to capture the entire screen? If not, use Alt+PrtScrn to
capture the contents of just the currently active window (the one that
has focus).

Otherwise, get a screen capture utility (many are free) so you can
select a region to capture which could be a piece of a window, a window,
or a portion or all of the desktop in one screen. While I don't use it
but keep it in reserve should I want it, PicPick seems pretty good. I
can't see that it works with dual monitors.

P.S. I'm assuming "screen 1" means you have multiple *monitors* with a
screen on each rather than some virtual desktop manager that shows you
multiple screens for your desktop but do so within ONE monitor, like
Microsoft's Desktop Manager powertoy for Windows XP at
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-xp?T1=PT.
 
Don't see any key combos that differentiate a screen capture based on
which screen it is displayed mentioned at:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301583

Do you have to capture the entire screen? If not, use Alt+PrtScrn to
capture the contents of just the currently active window (the one that
has focus).

Otherwise, get a screen capture utility (many are free) so you can
select a region to capture which could be a piece of a window, a window,
or a portion or all of the desktop in one screen. While I don't use it
but keep it in reserve should I want it, PicPick seems pretty good. I
can't see that it works with dual monitors.

P.S. I'm assuming "screen 1" means you have multiple *monitors* with a
screen on each rather than some virtual desktop manager that shows you
multiple screens for your desktop but do so within ONE monitor, like
Microsoft's Desktop Manager powertoy for Windows XP at
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-xp?T1=PT.
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I do what you suggest for most situations, and I can't think of an
example at the moment, but there have been times when moving the mouse
causes what ever I am trying to capture to go away.

I do use Clipmate, and it will allow you to assign cntr+ or alt+ and
something else to capture many things, but I can't configure it to
assign a single press key to a screen capture.

Thanks

Yes I do use two monitors.
 
Metspitzer said:
Is there an easy to reconfigure print screen to capture screen 1?
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Not that I know of with the built in Prtscn one.
Irfan can do what you want, and a lot more.
 
Paul said:
Not that I know of with the built in Prtscn one.
Irfan can do what you want, and a lot more.
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Irfanview has a Windows hotkey always available to do a screen/region/
window capture? I don't see that configurable option.

The OP also wants just a single keypress, like an always-resident
utility that usurps the PrtScrn key. He doesn't like key combos (to
eliminate conflicts with other software) and claims moving the mouse
(like when selecting a region or clicking on a window to select it for
capture) causes his screen to change so he can't capture what he saw at
the time.
 
Metspitzer said:
I do what you suggest for most situations, and I can't think of an
example at the moment, but there have been times when moving the
mouse causes what ever I am trying to capture to go away.

I do use Clipmate, and it will allow you to assign cntr+ or alt+ and
something else to capture many things, but I can't configure it to
assign a single press key to a screen capture.
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The PicPick utility that I mentioned does let you define the PrtScrn
key as its own hotkey. In fact, that's the default config when the
program is loaded. The PrtScrn key changes to a fullscreen capture to
the PicPick program instead of to the Windows clipboard. All its
capture methods (fullscreen, active window, window control, scrolling
window, region, fixed region, freehand region, repeat last capture) use
a key combo with the PrtScrn key (but you can change the non-control
key to use in the key combo). It's free for personal use.

I also have ClipMate which has region and active window capture which
has sufficed in the vast majority of scenarios where I had to capture
something. I have used PicPick (mostly its freehand capture) and found
it a very capable screen capture utility. Consumes 12.5MB of memory.

In the configuration for PicPick, there is a "Support for dual
monitors" option so it might handle which screen in which to capture
based on which monitor is currently the active one.
 
Not that I know of with the built in Prtscn one.
Irfan can do what you want, and a lot more.
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I have used that in the past for a pic viewer. I may give it a try
again.

Thanks
 
Is there an easy to reconfigure print screen to capture screen 1?
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I don't know what do you mean by Screen1 but if you meant to say window
1 or Dialog box 1 then you can capture it by using Alt+PrtScrn
simultaneously.

However, the best way to do anything in Windows XP is to use Jing. It
is a free download from TechSmith makers of SnagIT. All you need is an
email so that they can create an account for you and give you 2GB of
storage space should you wish to share your pictures online.

Try this link:

<http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html?gclid=CK7YnoSs97ACFUcKtAodcGrW9A>

Select Free Download button at top right corner and you are done.

For Windows7 there is a snipping tool but it doesn't apply to you.

There is also a Snippy which you can use it on the fly without
installing it:

<http://www.bhelpuri.net/Snippy/>

Hope this helps.


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VanguardLH said:
Irfanview has a Windows hotkey always available to do a screen/region/
window capture? I don't see that configurable option.

The OP also wants just a single keypress, like an always-resident
utility that usurps the PrtScrn key. He doesn't like key combos (to
eliminate conflicts with other software) and claims moving the mouse
(like when selecting a region or clicking on a window to select it for
capture) causes his screen to change so he can't capture what he saw at
the time.
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You are correct. Irfan does not have single key capture.
It requires either CRTL plus a key, or ALT plus a key.
Giving an estimated 135, or so, possible combinations.
Irfan will have to be active in the background but I like
its capture options.
 
Is there an easy to reconfigure print screen to capture screen 1?
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Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

What I would really like to see is Win7 make the print screen key more
useful. It should automatically assign what ever is captured to a
file.

I am using XP most of the time BTW
 
Metspitzer said:
What I would really like to see is Win7 make the print screen key more
useful. It should automatically assign what ever is captured to a
file. I am using XP most of the time BTW
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Then everyone else that wanted clips to get pasted in image editors
(e.g., Paint), text into word processors and newsreaders, and URLs out
of e-mails and into posts would get pissed that they have to waste time
to open a file (hopefully with an option to insert the opened clip file
in a particular location in the target document) that they would first
have to go figure out which file it is.

The Windows clipboard feature is a lot more convenient than dumping
clips into files and having to retrieve them from there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipboard_(computing)
 
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