<# .SYNOPSIS Saves a single screenshot .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script takes a single screenshot and saves it into a target folder (the user's pictures folder by default). .PARAMETER TargetFolder Specifies the target folder (the user's pictures folder by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./save-screenshot ✔️ screenshot saved to C:\Users\Markus\Pictures\2021-10-10T14-33-22.png .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$TargetFolder = "$HOME/Pictures") 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) $ScreenshotObject.Dispose() } try { if (-not(test-path "$TargetFolder" -pathType container)) { throw "Target folder at 📂$TargetFolder doesn't exist" } $Time = (Get-Date) $Filename = "$($Time.Year)-$($Time.Month)-$($Time.Day)T$($Time.Hour)-$($Time.Minute)-$($Time.Second).png" $FilePath = (Join-Path $TargetFolder $Filename) TakeScreenshot $FilePath "✔️ screenshot saved to $FilePath" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }