Dual monitors? Triple? Let me know if you need help configuring a hotkey for a specific display.
Here’s a blog-style post you can use or adapt: If you work with two or more monitors, you’ve probably hit this frustration before: you press PrtScn (Print Screen), and Windows captures everything – both screens, taskbars, and all. Then you end up cropping out the second monitor in an image editor. how to only screenshot one monitor
nircmd savescreenshot "C:\monitor2.png" 2 (2 = second monitor) | Need | Best Method | |------|--------------| | Quick one‑monitor capture | Win + Shift + S → Full‑screen snip | | Capture active window only | Alt + PrtScn | | Edit before saving | Snipping Tool (move it first) | | Daily heavy use | ShareX (hotkey per monitor) | Dual monitors
Press Win + Shift + S to open the Snipping Tool overlay, then click the “Full‑screen snip” icon (the monitor icon). It will capture only the monitor where your mouse cursor is currently located . Here’s a blog-style post you can use or
nircmd cmd savescreenshotfull "C:\screenshot.png" 0 0 1920 1080 Where 1920x1080 is your target monitor’s resolution. You’ll need the monitor’s top‑left offset if using multiple displays, but NirCmd’s savescreenshot with monitor index is cleaner: