Portable Automatic Screenshotter : Capture active windows or your entire desktop that you can check and analyze later on for suspicious activity using this straightforward app
More often than not, if you experienced a system or program crash, then one way to find out what happened entails accessing the event log file. However, sometimes the operating system does not create a log or report when an app stops working or disappears.Portable Automatic Screenshotter is a lightweight application designed to operate in the background and take snapshots of the desktop or predefined active windows at regular intervals set by you.
Seamless setup, but it requires some configuration
Since this is a portable application, it goes without saying that it comes with all the benefits of a program in this category, meaning that the installation is a simple matter of extracting the archive. Once decompressed and launched, you can access the app from the System Tray.In order to enjoy the full potential of the application it is recommended to take the time and go through the settings and specify how much memory it is allowed to use, what windows and how often it should capture them, the output format and the location where you can find them on your local drives, to name a few.
Allows you to set your own parameters
As the name suggests, the app takes automatic snapshots of your desktop or active windows. However, these are not taken randomly, but rather at the precise intervals and for the exact foreground windows you specify.Depending on the type of behavior you are monitoring, you can set the utility to take screenshots once every 5 seconds or once per hour. In addition, the Perform a capture now function enables you to take a quick snapshot of a popup or error window you are trying to figure out.The app stores the pictures in PNG and JPG formats on the desired location on your computer. Moreover, it can be set to delete old and redundant screenshots, a feature that can save you space and time in the long run.
A simple backup tool that can come in handy
If you are monitoring certain apps or suspect malicious behavior, then browsing through the screenshots taken by Portable Automatic Screenshotter automatically can help you confirm or infirm your thoughts,+
Windows 10 64 bit / Windows 10 / Windows 8 64 bit / Windows 8 / Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7 / Windows Vista 64 bit / Windows Vista / Windows XP 64 bit / Windows XP / Windows 2000
Portable Automatic Screenshotter runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Shareware
license
— the installer is 5.6 MB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Graphics Editing and Painting.
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