<# .SYNOPSIS take-screenshots.ps1 [] [] .DESCRIPTION Takes screenshots every 60 seconds and saves them into the current/given directory .EXAMPLE PS> .\take-screenshots.ps1 C:\Temp 60 .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param([string]$Directory = "$PWD", [int]$Interval = 60) function TakeScreenshot { param([string]$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 $Directory $Filename) write-output "Saving screenshot to $FilePath..." TakeScreenshot $FilePath Start-Sleep -Seconds $Interval } while (1) exit 0 } catch { write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }