Screenshot Software recommendation - free, Windows XP/7

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Free screenshot program that respects Aero's transparency layer

I had been using a nifty piece of software called PrintKey2000 5.10, which ran on XP, Vista, and 7. It is no longer available and the following version is not free.

It has the ability to use and activate upon using the PrtScrn key, the ALT+PrtScrn key, and a feature that allows you to select a specific region on your screen.

Is there any comparable light-weight screenshot application that is free and has these three features and works on XP/7?

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

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Windows 7 comes with the snipping tool, which can be activated via hotkey with a little tweaking.

Some nifty third party tools include Cropper:

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Greenshot:

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and of course, Gadwin.

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answered Oct 14 '10 at 00:37

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 17 '11 at 08:42

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My favourite: FSCapture 5.3 (last free version)

Portable, lightweight, free.

FSCapture 5.3

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Gareth

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answered Oct 14 '10 at 01:19

wilson

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 14 '10 at 01:32

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Use Irfan View, is is faster than XnView and allows to set up a capture hotkey, or start capturing with a delay (possible via hotkey too).

answered Oct 14 '10 at 01:32

kagali-san

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 14 '10 at 01:16

I know you are looking for a free solution; this is more of an FYI, in case you have Microsoft OneNote...

You can press Win - S to take a screenshot that is pasted inside the OneNote program...Then right-click the image (while it is selected), and click "Save As". You can then save the image anywhere you like...

Screenshot Software recommendation - free, Windows XP/7

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