How can i take snapshot of command prompt window in full screen mode

Question

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

Answer 1

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).

Answer 2

n-p-r, but here's the trick: Load the program in a virtual instance of Windows, go fullscreen, and let the host operating system take the screenshot. Extravagantly if your Windows instance is not already virtualized, but it works.

Answer 3

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 :-)).

Answer 4

did you try alt + print screen?

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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).

Answer 7

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.