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Is it possible to screenshot a minimized application

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I know it's possible to capture a screen of an application that is behind another application, but I can't seem to find anything on capturing the screen of a minimized application.

Anyone happen to know if this is possible? I don't want to get into things like maximizing and minimizing the application really quick.

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Marcin Avatar asked Jul 14 '10 22:07

Marcin


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As @ziplin said with newer version of windows it may be possible (via DWM apis). From c# you can use the Windows API codepack to access the new apis

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µBio Avatar answered Oct 23 '22 18:10

µBio


I don't believe so, simply because i've noticed programs that try to preview a window that is minimized seem to draw a blank on occasion if the window is minimized. Although, some new versions of windows (vista and 7, I believe) do this very thing, but I'm not sure how easy it is to replicate (at all)

: http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/

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Dlongnecker Avatar answered Oct 23 '22 17:10

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