How can I find out where the screenshots are stored?

Sometimes it becomes necessary to share with friends or colleagues a snapshot of your computer's desktop or a successful frame from a computer game where you killed the most difficult boss or took the first place in the list of achievements. Different games and applications save screenshots in various places, and their search on the computer can take you a long time. Let's try to shed some light on the question - where are the screenshots stored?

Saving screenshots of Windows 7

First, let's talk not about applications and games, but we'll take a look at the example of work in the operating system Windows 7. In order to find out where the screenshots of Windows 7 are stored, you do not need any special knowledge. The answer is simple - they are not stored anywhere. The screenshot you made is placed on the clipboard and waits until you paste it into any image editor. Therefore, to save a screenshot, open the Paint graphics editor, which is included in all Windows OS, right-click in any area of the editor, then click on the "Paste" menu item or use Ctrl + v instead. The screenshot is placed in the editor, after which you can edit it, make corrections or add text, and then save it to any place on the hard disk of your computer. Done!

Where are the screenshots of Steam stored?

Steam service has long gained popularity among players, and most of them have completely switched to using only them. If you want to find out where the screenshots of a game from the Steam service are stored, you need to do the following operations. Run Steam to have its icon visible in the system tray, in the lower right corner of the screen next to the clock. Click the right mouse button once on it, select the "Screenshots" menu item, and then the game, the screenshots of which you need. By clicking on the line "Show Disk", the Windows Explorer window will open , and you will see a folder with screenshots of the desired game.

Where are the screenshots of the remaining games stored?

The article would be incomplete without coverage of this point. If you do not use the Steam service, and you need to find out where the screenshots from your games and applications are stored, we'll give a couple of recommendations for their search. First, check the installation folder of the game. Click on the application shortcut with the right button and in the drop-down menu find the item "File Location". Windows Explorer will open a directory with the game for you.

If there are no screenshots in this folder or its subfolders, there is one more option. Some new games create their own folders in the user's personal storage, in the same place where the system folders "Images", "Music", "Documents" and others are. It is the folder "Documents" that we need. The approximate path to it usually looks like this: C: \ Users \ username \ Documents. Check this folder for a subdirectory called "My Games", inside which usually there are folders with the name of the installed games, their saving and screenshots.

What other programs allow you to take screenshots?

There are many other software solutions with which players take screen screenshots and even capture video of the game process. One of the most famous programs for these purposes is Fraps. It has a simple interface and a minimum number of settings, which will easily manage it to any user. Considering this program from the side of our question, we note that the user selects the folder to save the screenshots himself, so you will never lose the picture made in the game!

We hope, to the question of many players about where the screenshots are stored, you found the answers in this article. Successful staff and great achievements! In the world of modern high-quality graphics from the point of view of graphics without creating screenshots, it's difficult to manage, after all, when you look through them, you can always recall the feelings that the game process gives you.