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I need to take snapshot if command prompt window running in full screen mode.

I had tried it using PrintScreen,Ctrl+PrintScreen, Ctrl+Alt+PrintScreen button(s) but nothing seems to work

Also are there any reasons that the print screen button does not work in full screen commandprompt mode? After all, it does for all windows under normal conditions.

Abdul Khaliq

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  • So just to understand, you're running windows command prompt in full screen mode, you hit the print screen key, then you go into paint and paste, and it does not work? – Sev Jun 17 '09 at 07:59
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    If the command prompt window is in text-mode, Print-Screen will copy the text of what is displayed in the window to the Clipboard, not an image. (At least that appears to be the default behavior in Windows XP.) – coobird Jun 17 '09 at 08:12
  • agreed but i need to capture the screen shot of it. Also any reasons why print screen is behaving like this in full screen mode. – Abdul Khaliq Jun 17 '09 at 08:33
  • well can u plz explain reason why print screen is behaving like this in full screen mode – Abdul Khaliq Jun 17 '09 at 09:03

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In full screen mode all you have is text. There is no graphical `rendering' as such. If you can capture the text, it is enough ... though you can always reconstruct a png image later from the text (if you really have to get an image out of it).

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  • ok can u explain why there is no graphical rendering in full screen mode of cmd or how does cmd works in full screen mode. – Abdul Khaliq Jun 17 '09 at 09:42
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    I guess instead of using the graphical mode, the display switches to text mode, where the BIOS renders the display and not OS GUI. So even the OS has to send "characters" to be displayed, not "bitmapped image". So, the OS sends character 'A' to BIOS to print, and BIOS prints it (using its own font). In graphical mode, the OS sends the 'bitmap of A' to the screen, and hence you can take a screenshot. – Kousik Nandy Jun 17 '09 at 09:46
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Why don't you just use an external screen shot software?

There's many, e.g. greenshot, which is free (is in speech and beer :-)).

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did you try alt + print screen?

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Click any window except the command window and then hit PrtScrn.

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First off all open cmd in full screen mode then click on print screen button after that open paint brush and press ctrl+v (past) you can save it in any where, where ever you want (file type should be .png).

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I wasn't able to find any of these replies that work, and I can't install unapproved software do to IT policies. Here is what I did:

Right click inside command window. Hit select all. Right click outside of window (on top bar close to the maximize minimize controls. Select edit; select copy. Open a notepad window and paste. The advantage here is you have text that can be copied and pasted back into a command window later. I hope this helps.

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  1. press ctrl+a //select all
  2. press ctrl+c // copy all text
  3. write notepad mytext.txt + press entet // open notepad
  4. press ctrl+v //paste in text in notepad
  5. press ctrl+s // Save file
  6. press ctrl+w // Close notepad.
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