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The save-screenshot.ps1 Script
This PowerShell script takes a single screenshot and saves it into a target folder (the user's pictures folder by default).
Parameters
save-screenshot.ps1 [[-TargetFolder] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
-TargetFolder <String>
Specifies the target folder (the user's pictures folder by default)
Required? false
Position? 1
Default value "$HOME/Pictures"
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
[<CommonParameters>]
This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction,
WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
Example
PS> ./save-screenshot
✔️ screenshot saved to C:\Users\Markus\Pictures\2021-10-10T14-33-22.png
Notes
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
Related Links
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
Source Code
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Saves a single screenshot
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script takes a single screenshot and saves it into a target folder (the user's pictures folder by default).
.PARAMETER TargetFolder
Specifies the target folder (the user's pictures folder by default)
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./save-screenshot
✔️ screenshot saved to C:\Users\Markus\Pictures\2021-10-10T14-33-22.png
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>
param([string]$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
}
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