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On a mac, when you take a screenshot the OS creates a file with it on the desktop.
Is there such an alternative for Windows so when I use the "Print Screen" key or a key combination it lets me take the screenshot and save a .jpg (or any kind of image file) to my computer (ideally desktop).
Flavius Frantz
Posted 2013-05-06T00:15:19.910
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All the tools I have used are a little more complex than it sounds like you want. When ever I have a question like this I start with sourceforge. Here is an example of something that sounds like it is headed in the right direction.
http://lightscreen.sourceforge.net/
Light, configurable, quick saves, and free in both senses. But there are a ton of them at sourceforge just by searching on screenshot and sorting by most popular will give you some great choices.
Dennis
Posted 2013-05-06T00:15:19.910
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As Robert suggested above, try Greenshot:
Configurable keyboard shortcuts:
Configurable storage location, file naming pattern and image format:
Configurable destination:
and much more!
Karan
Posted 2013-05-06T00:15:19.910
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ShareX http://code.google.com/p/sharex/downloads/list
– STTR – 2013-05-06T01:40:19.8332As an FYI, if you ever do make the leap to Win8, Windows key + PrtScr will save a screenshot in your Pictures/Screenshots directory. – ernie – 2013-05-06T04:06:10.850
1I like Greenshot for screenshots. – Robert Kerr – 2013-05-06T04:30:58.067
Your question was off topic, I made some edits to make it on topic. If you don't like them you can roll the changes back – Dave – 2013-05-08T08:48:51.357