How to capture and record game screens with Game Bar is available on Windows 10

On Windows 10 integrated screen capture and video recording features are very convenient with Game Bar. But to activate the Game Bar on Windows 10, how about inviting you to follow the article below!

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1. Turn on, turn off Game Bar on Windows 10

First, we have to activate the Game Bar on Windows by the following:

Step 1: Go to Start => Settings .

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Step 2: Select the Gaming section .

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Step 3: You select the Game bar and toggle the switch Record game clips, screenshots, and broadcast using Game bar to On to turn it on or Off to turn it off.

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Step 4: You pay attention to the important shortcuts in the Game Bar as:

- Open Game Bar ( Window + R ) to open the Game bar menu .

- Take Screenshot ( Win + Alt + PrtScrn ) to take screenshots quickly.

- Start / stop recording ( Win + Alt + R ) To record / stop screen recording mode.

In addition, we can change the custom shortcut keys to your liking by customizing your shortcut .  

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2. Shooting, rotating game screen with Game Bar

Step 1: You open the game up and press the key combination Windows + G . Here, we can take a quick picture with Windows key + Alt + Prt Scr or click on the camera icon (1) . To rotate the game screen, we can use the key combination Windows + Alt + R or click the circle icon (2) to rotate the screen.

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Step 2: If you record the screen, the Record status frame will display the time you are recording with the Pause and Turn On / Off Micro buttons .

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After shooting, press the Pause button and the video will automatically save to the Capture folder. You may notice a notification is displayed in the bottom right corner of the screen where the clip is stored.

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Step 3: To open the image, the clip we have taken, shoot, you open the Captures folder under the path in the status line with the default image format is PNG and the video format is MP4.

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Through this article, we know how to shoot and take screenshots when playing games in a simple and convenient way on Windows 10 without using external software such as Mirilis Action, Bandicam . Please create your own clips and memorable images when playing games with Game Bar to share for friends to admire!