#!/snap/bin/powershell Function Get-TimedScreenshot { <# .SYNOPSIS Get-TimedScreenshot .DESCRIPTION A function that takes screenshots and saves them to a folder. .PARAMETER $Path Specifies the folder path. .PARAMETER $Interval Specifies the interval in seconds between taking screenshots. .PARAMETER $EndTime Specifies when the script should stop running in the format HH-MM .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Get-TimedScreenshot -Path c:\temp\ -Interval 30 -EndTime 14:00 .LINK http://obscuresecurity.blogspot.com/2013/01/Get-TimedScreenshot.html https://github.com/obscuresec/random/blob/master/Get-TimedScreenshot #> [CmdletBinding()] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] [ValidateScript({Test-Path -Path $_ })] [string] $Path, [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] [int32] $Interval, [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] [string] $EndTime ) #Define helper function that generates and saves screenshot Function GenScreenshot { $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 { #load required assembly Add-Type -Assembly System.Windows.Forms Do { #get the current time and build the filename from it $Time = (Get-Date) [string] $FileName = "$($Time.Month)" $FileName += '-' $FileName += "$($Time.Day)" $FileName += '-' $FileName += "$($Time.Year)" $FileName += '-' $FileName += "$($Time.Hour)" $FileName += '-' $FileName += "$($Time.Minute)" $FileName += '-' $FileName += "$($Time.Second)" $FileName += '.png' #use join-path to add path to filename [string] $FilePath = (Join-Path $Path $FileName) #run screenshot function GenScreenshot Write-Verbose "Saved screenshot to $FilePath. Sleeping for $Interval seconds" Start-Sleep -Seconds $Interval } #note that this will run once regardless if the specified time as passed While ((Get-Date -Format HH:%m) -lt $EndTime) } Catch {Write-Warning "$Error[0].ToString() + $Error[0].InvocationInfo.PositionMessage"} }