<# .SYNOPSIS Saves a single screenshot .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script takes a single screenshot and saves it into a target folder (default is the user's screenshots folder). .PARAMETER TargetFolder Specifies the target folder (the user's screenshots folder by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./save-screenshot ✅ screenshot saved to C:\Users\Markus\Pictures\Screenshots\2021-10-10T14-33-22.png .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$TargetFolder = "") function GetScreenshotsFolder { if ($IsLinux) { $Path = "$HOME/Pictures" if (-not(Test-Path "$Path" -pathType container)) { throw "Pictures folder at $Path doesn't exist (yet)"} if (Test-Path "$Path/Screenshots" -pathType container) { $Path = "$Path/Screenshots" } } else { $Path = [Environment]::GetFolderPath('MyPictures') if (-not(Test-Path "$Path" -pathType container)) { throw "Pictures folder at $Path doesn't exist (yet)" } if (Test-Path "$Path\Screenshots" -pathType container) { $Path = "$Path\Screenshots" } } return $Path } function TakeScreenshot { param([string]$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) $ScreenshotObject.Dispose() } try { if ("$TargetFolder" -eq "") { $TargetFolder = GetScreenshotsFolder } $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 }