Screenshot tool takes screenshots... of the screenshot window!

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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Using Audacity 2.3.0
System is Windows 10 (x64).
Graphic driver is NVIDIA 416.34 (latest for GTX 1050 card).

The screenshot tool seems to be broken. Whatever screenshot I take (window, window full, window plus) they’re all the same and all of them have the screenshot window in them.
Window000.jpg
There’s also a very annoying window titled “Long Message” (?) that opens every time I take a screenshot. I can’t stop Audacity from doing that, the Preferences menu doesn’t have any setting for the screenshot tool.
Full Window001.jpg
Which version of Audacity should I revert to to get a working screenshot tool (I don’t remember which version I was using prior to upgrading, probably 2.2.2)? And where can I download it?

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https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/how-to-take-screen-capture-shot/46570/3

Anything there?

Koz

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Windows 10 also a screenshot/recording tool (windows key + G) but I’d much rather use the Audacity tool.

I reverted to 2.2.2 and the screenshot tool is working correctly again. I’ll wait until it’s fixed to upgrade Audacity then.

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As a workaround, when taking a windowed (not full-screen) screenshot, you could move the screenshot tool to the side so that it does not overlap the Audacity window.

Try the “Snipping Tool” Open Snipping Tool and take a screenshot - Microsoft Support
If you use it regularly, you could pin it to the taskbar or create a Desktop shortcut.
If you create a Desktop shortcut, you can also add a keyboard shortcut (right click on the Desktop shortcut and select “Properties”.

Seems a bit extreme considering there are such easy workarounds. There’s quite a lot of improvements in 2.3.0 https://www.audacityteam.org/audacity-2-3-0-released/


Thanks for the details about the screenshot bug. I’ll add it to the bug tracker.

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Thanks for the tips about the Snipping Tool. I didn’t know (obviously) about it.

I know but I use the spectrogram view (the color scheme is easy to read) combined with the screenshot tool a lot, they make life easier.

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There should be no difference in the Spectrogram view color scheme between 2.2.2 and 2.3.0 :confused:

WC

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Done.

Are you happy with that as a workaround until the screenshot bug is fixed?

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I never said there was.

Well, I’m happy to have learned about the snipping tool. And I’m happy with Audacity 2.2.2, it meets my current needs so I’m cool waiting for a future software update.

PS: there are actually 3 bugs with the Screenshot Tool in 2.3.0: 1/ all screenshots are the same; 2/ the screenshot window is in the screenshot image; 3/ the “long message” window thing, it would be nice if we could disable that.

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I don’t know what you mean.
I did a screenshot of the full window, and I got a picture of the full window (with the screenshot window visible)
I did a screenshot of the first track, and got a picture of the first track.