Tutorial Powershell - Taking a screenshot [ Step by step ]

Would you like to learn how to take a screenshot using Powershell? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to capture the screen of a computer running Windows and save it as a BMP file.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
• Windows 7

Equipment list

The following section presents the list of equipment used to create this tutorial.

Server
Network Switch
Laptop

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Tutorial Powershell – Taking a screenshot

Start a Powershell command-line.

Take a screenshot using Powershell.

Copy to Clipboard

Transform the screenshot into a BMP file.

Copy to Clipboard

Save the screenshot.

Copy to Clipboard

Open the Bitmap file and check the screenshot.

Congratulations! You are able to take a screenshot using Powershell.

Powershell – Taking a screenshot

Powershell – Taking a screenshot

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