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Take Screenshot Without Mouse And No Print Screen Key?
Pretty Odd Question But I Am Currently Stuck Without A Mouse For About 3 Quarters Of The Day Except At Night And The Keyboard I Bought Abt Half A Year Ago Has Number-pads Sold Separately. I Have Only Been Left With The Page Up/Down, End And Delete Key Along With The Usual Arrow Keys.
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1. Pure keyboard shortcuts
Built-in shortcut key combinations:
Full Screen Screenshot: Win + Shift + S → Press Enter to save to clipboard
Active Window Screenshot: Alt + Win + PrtSc (Auto Save to Picture \ Screenshot)
Game Bar Screenshot: Win + Alt + PrtSc (Xbox Game Bar needs to be enabled)
2. Alternative key mapping (no PrtSc key device)
PowerShell creates virtual keys:
powershell
$WshShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.
$WshShell.SendKeys('{PRTSC}')
(can be bound to other keys such as Win+F12)
3. Automatically save screenshots
Scheduled task to take screenshots at regular intervals:
Create screenshot.ps1:
powershell
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
[Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait('%{PRTSC}')
Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
$clipboard = Get-Clipboard -Format Image
$clipboard.Save(“$env:USERPROFILE\Pictures\Screenshots\$(Get-Date -Format ‘yyyyMMdd-HHmmss’).png”)
Set the Task Scheduler to run every hour
4. Enterprise Environment Deployment
Group Policy Configuration:
Navigate to:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > File Explorer
Enable:
“Allow screenshots using Win+Shift+S”
