Once you see the Xbox Game Bar like above, you can click the camera button on the bar or press Windows+Alt+Print Screen keys. To do so, press Windows+G keys and you should see the Xbox Game Bar as follows. Also, you need to set the app you want to take the screenshot of as a game. The downside of this method is that it only works in the opened apps and you won’t be able to take screenshots of File Explorer and Windows Settings.
You can also use Xbox Game Bar in Windows 10 to take screenshots.
Note: In order to use this feature, your computer must be updated to Creators Update. Yes, this method requires you to paste the image into an image editing before turning it into a PNG/JPG file. Press Windows+Shift+S keys and you will see your screen start blurry with a crosshair in the center area of the screen. Click-and-drag to select the area of which you want to take a screenshot and paste into Paint or an image editing tool you like. If you want to capture selected area of the screen, you can use this method. The major downside of two methods above is that you can’t select certain region of the screen as they will take fullscreen screenshots. The screenshot will be saved in Screenshots folder under the Pictures folder on your account.
Simply press Windows+Print Screen keys and Windows 10 will start capturing the screen. If you are lazy enough to do so, you can opt to this second method. The method above requires you to paste the image into an image editing tool before you can save it into PNG/JPG file. You can paste the image into Paint (or other image editing tool you like) and save it as a PNG or JPG file. To start taking a screenshot using Print Screen key, simply press this key and it will turn the current window into a pasetable image. Windows has Paint, a simple image editing tool you can take advantage of. Just like the name suggests, this key can be used to take screenshots in Windows 10, but it should be paired with an image editing tool. Commonly, this key lies right next to the F12 key. Take a look at your computer keyboard right now and you should see a Print Screen key. Here are 5 ways you can use to take screenshots in Windows 10 without installing third party app. Some features also depend on an image editing tool to work. The major downside of the built-in screenshot features offered by Windows 10 is that they don’t have the capability of annotating the screenshots you took.
Generally, you just need to press certain buttons on your keyboard to start taking a screenshot in Windows 10.
This is a good news if you often capture the screen of your laptop on your daily basis since you don’t need to install third party app. There are at least 5 ways you can use to take screenshots in Windows 10 without installing any additional app. Windows 10 has several hidden features to take screenshots.