Taking a screen shot including cursor

[laredotornado]

Hi,

I notice on Windows XP when I click Alt + PrintScrn to take a screen
shot, the position and type of cursor at the time disappears when I go
into Microsoft Paint and paste the resulting screen shot. Does anyone
know how I can take a screen shot and preserve where and what the
cursor is?

I don't have, nor am I proficient with PhotoShop and I would like to
include this screen shot in a word doc.

Thanks, - Dave

 

[Newbie Coder]

Laredotornado,

To take a screen shot of the active window in XP is CTRL + PRINTSCREEN, ALT
+ PRINTSCREEN is for 2000 etc.

 

[Joe Grover]

alt+printscreen does it as well, however neither it or ctrl+printscreen will
take a screenshot including the mouse cursor. I've wondered how to do this
myself at times (without using 3rd party tools).

 

[Ron Hinds]

Laredotornado,

To take a screen shot of the active window in XP is CTRL + PRINTSCREEN, ALT
+ PRINTSCREEN is for 2000 etc.

That's not correct. Ctrl-PrintScreen is (and has always been) active window;
Alt-PrintScreen is (and has always been) entire desktop.

 

[laredotornado]

Laredotornado,

To take a screen shot of the active window in XP is CTRL + PRINTSCREEN, ALT
+ PRINTSCREEN is for 2000 etc.

Thanks but even when I do Ctrl + PrintScrn, the screen shot still
doesn't include the mouse cursor. My problem is that I want it
included in the screen shot.

Thanks, - Dave

 

[Bob I]

That's not correct. Ctrl-PrintScreen is (and has always been) active window;
Alt-PrintScreen is (and has always been) entire desktop.

Er "Printscreen" = desktop. "ALT+Printscreen" = Active Window. UNless
someones been playing with 3rd party stuff.

 

[laredotornado]

Er "Printscreen" = desktop. "ALT+Printscreen" = Active Window. UNless
someones been playing with 3rd party stuff.

Appreciate your clarification, but again, failure. Pressing
"prntscreen" only does take a picture of the screen, but the cursor is
not present in that picture. - Dave

 

[Lem]

Thanks but even when I do Ctrl + PrintScrn, the screen shot still
doesn't include the mouse cursor. My problem is that I want it
included in the screen shot.

Thanks, - Dave

Use IrfanView. http://www.irfanview.net/
It's free and does a lot more than just screenshots, including viewing
almost 70 different graphics file formats.

Although I usually don't want the cursor in the screenshot, and often
end up re-doing things because the cursor is obscuring something important.

 

[laredotornado]

Use IrfanView. http://www.irfanview.net/
It's free and does a lot more than just screenshots, including viewing
almost 70 different graphics file formats.

Although I usually don't want the cursor in the screenshot, and often
end up re-doing things because the cursor is obscuring something important.

I downloaded and installed IrfanView. I then followed these
instructions to open a screen shot in IrfanView

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial96.html

However, still, no cursor appears in my screen shot. Is there
something I'm missing?

Thanks, - Dave

 

[TR Oltrogge]

I downloaded and installed IrfanView. I then followed these

instructions to open a screen shot in IrfanView

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial96.html

However, still, no cursor appears in my screen shot. Is there
something I'm missing?

Thanks, - Dave

Start IrfanView
Click on 'Options' in the menu bar
Select 'Capture/Screenshot'
In the Capture Setup window that follows be sure to checkmark "Include mouse
cursor" in Capture options
Notice that Ctrl-F11 is probably the default for the Hot key in 'Capture
method'
Under 'Saving method' I usually select 'Save captured image as file' and
point at a convenient folder
Then click the Start button in that same window


Then, while in your favorite application type Ctrl-F11 on your keyboard to
capture the screen *with* mouse cursor.
Works on my machine running Windows XP.

HTH

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I notice on Windows XP when I click Alt + PrintScrn to take a screen
shot, the position and type of cursor at the time disappears when I go
into Microsoft Paint and paste the resulting screen shot. Does anyone
know how I can take a screen shot and preserve where and what the
cursor is?

I don't have, nor am I proficient with PhotoShop and I would like to
include this screen shot in a word doc.

Thanks, - Dave

Hello,
In case you are interested in a third party program, try www.wisdom-soft.com.
They have a free version of "Screen Hunter".
take care.
beamish.

 

[laredotornado]

Start IrfanView
Click on 'Options' in the menu bar
Select 'Capture/Screenshot'
In the Capture Setup window that follows be sure to checkmark "Include mouse
cursor" in Capture options
Notice that Ctrl-F11 is probably the default for the Hot key in 'Capture
method'
Under 'Saving method' I usually select 'Save captured image as file' and
point at a convenient folder
Then click the Start button in that same window

Then, while in your favorite application type Ctrl-F11 on your keyboard to
capture the screen *with* mouse cursor.
Works on my machine running Windows XP.

HTH

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