How can I save a screenshot directly to a file in Windows? [closed]

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There is no way to save directly to a file without a 3rd party tool before Windows 8. Here are my personal favorite non-third party tool solutions.

For Windows 8 and later

Windows Key + PrintScreen saves the screenshot into a folder in <user>/Pictures/Screenshots

For Windows 7

In win 7 just use the snipping tool: Most easily accessed via pressing Start, then typing “sni” (enter). or
Windows Key then sni enter

Prior versions of Windows

I use the following keyboard combination to capture, then save using mspaint. After you do it a couple times, it only takes 2-3 seconds:

  1. Alt+PrintScreen
  2. Win+R (“run”)
  3. type “mspaint” enter
  4. Ctrl–V (paste)
  5. Ctrl–S (save)
  6. use file dialog
  7. Alt–F4 (close mspaint)

In addition, Cropper is great (and open source). It does rectangle capture to file or clipboard, and is of course free.

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