Print Screen

[Tanya]

I want to print the screen that is up to see what files I
have in a certain folder and compare this folder content
with another folders content. I have a wireless keyboard
and when I hit the PrtScn button, nothing happened. Is
there a short cut or key stroke that will allow me to
just print the screen. On the Mac you can take a picture
of the screen or desktop and then print the picutre, can
someone help me.

 

[Chris Lanier]

in XP Printscreen just copy an image of your desktop to the clipboard. you
need to paste it into something like Microsoft Paint

 

[T.C.]

I find it easier to use either one of the free Print Folder or Print
Directory utilities. Kelly listed the links below. I prefer the last link,
which goes to a Microsoft Knowledge Base article that tells you how to add
Print Directory to the right click menu in Windows Explorer and My Computer.
Although the article mentions other versions of Windows, it works fine with
Windows XP, and is much faster than doing a Print Screen and Pasting.

Print the names, and other information, of all folders and files on your
computer. http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.html

Print Out a Directory Listing
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article01-451

How to Add the Print Directory Feature to Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q272/6/23.asp

 

[Ken Blake]

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I want to print the screen that is up to see what files I
have in a certain folder and compare this folder content
with another folders content. I have a wireless keyboard
and when I hit the PrtScn button, nothing happened.

Back in the days of DOS, the PrintScrn key used to print the
screen. But in all versions of Windows, this works differently,
and the name of the key is now an anachronism.

To use the key, press it to capture an image of the entire
screen, or press alt-PrintScrn to capture an image of the active
window. Either one captures the image to the Windows clipboard.

Once it's in the clipboard you can paste (Ctrl-V) it into any
application that supports graphics (Windows Paint, other graphics
programs, even your favorite word processor). You can edit or add
to the image as you wish, then print it.

This ability to manipulate the image in a program before printing
it is an improvement over the original DOS method of just
printing it. But if you'd like that old facility back, there are
several third-party freeware/shareware programs that can do this.