
#TIMED SCREENSHOT WINDOWS 10 INACTIVE MANUAL#
Use the manual capture option from the system tray to hear it. There is no visual indication that a screenshot has been captured, but the application plays a sound (a small beep) when a snap is saved.

Assign a hotkey from Options > Miscellaneous Options to take manual screenshots quickly. when you do something that you don't want recorded. Screenshots are saved in the PNG format, but this can be set to JPEG or both (which only retains the image that is smaller in file size). Each screenshot is saved with the name of the application that was in focus when the snapshot was taken, you can customize the naming pattern from the settings.ĭisable auto capture from the options, but this is only useful if you want to use the manual screen capture option from the context menu or want the program to continue running without taking screenshots, e.g. Screenshots are not taken when a full-screen application or screensaver is in the foreground. Multi-monitor users can also choose which monitor the program has to capture the screenshot from. You can also capture a specific region by drawing a box on the screen. The program only captures the current window, or snaps a picture of the desktop if there is no window open, but you can change it to save the entire screen. Setting it too low may result in numerous screenshots and also use up more of the drive space. Right-click the icon to bring up the settings window and navigate to the Capture Options and set the Capture Frequency (in seconds). The default capture interval in Automatic Screenshotter is 5 minutes, which is a bit excessive. This is where the program could be useful, but it may also be handy for saving information for presentations or documentation.

Or if you were using the computer and a game is crashing or some application is closing unexpectedly, before you could make a note of the error message or code.

Maybe you left the computer on and it rebooted or updated, you could use the screenshots taken by the application to maybe gather some information of what happened.
