<# .SYNOPSIS Takes screenshots and saves them into a folder .DESCRIPTION take-screenshots.ps1 [] [] Takes screenshots and saves them into a folder (per default every 60 seconds) .EXAMPLE PS> ./take-screenshots C:\Temp 60 .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0 .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell #> param([string]$TargetDir = "$PWD", [int]$Interval = 60) # in seconds function TakeScreenshot { param([string]$FilePath) Add-Type -Assembly System.Windows.Forms $ScreenBounds = [Windows.Forms.SystemInformation]::VirtualScreen $ScreenshotObject = New-Object Drawing.Bitmap $ScreenBounds.Width, $ScreenBounds.Height $DrawingGraphics = [Drawing.Graphics]::FromImage($ScreenshotObject) $DrawingGraphics.CopyFromScreen( $ScreenBounds.Location, [Drawing.Point]::Empty, $ScreenBounds.Size) $DrawingGraphics.Dispose() $ScreenshotObject.Save($FilePath) $ScreenshotObject.Dispose() } try { do { $Time = (Get-Date) $Filename = "$($Time.Year)-$($Time.Month)-$($Time.Day)-$($Time.Hour)-$($Time.Minute)-$($Time.Second).png" $FilePath = (Join-Path $TargetDir $Filename) write-output "Saving screenshot to $FilePath..." TakeScreenshot $FilePath Start-Sleep -Seconds $Interval } while (1) exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))" exit 1 }