How to Take a Snapshot of a Video Running in Windows Media Player

Windows 7

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   Open Start

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   . Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
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   Type windows media player into Start. Doing so will search your computer for the Windows Media Player program.
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   Click Windows Media Player. It's a blue icon with an orange-and-white "Play" button on it. Windows Media Player will open.
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   Click Videos. It's a tab in the upper-left side of the WMP window.

   1. If this is your first time opening Windows Media Player in a while, the Videos tab may take several minutes to load.
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   Open a video that you want to watch. Double-click the video for which you want to take a snapshot.
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   Go to the point in the video that you want to screenshot. Click and drag the slider at the bottom of the Windows Media Player window to the right until you arrive at the frame that you want to screenshot.
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   Pause the video. Click the "Pause" button at the bottom of the window, or press the space bar on your computer's keyboard.
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   Open Start

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   Type in snipping tool. This will search your computer for the Snipping Tool app, which is the best way to take screenshots in Windows 7 (or Windows 10 if you don't have a "Print Screen" button).
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    Click Snipping Tool. It resembles a pair of scissors. You'll find this at the top of the window.
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    Click

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    . This arrow is to the right of the New button in the top-left corner of the Snipping Tool window. A drop-down menu will appear.

    1. On Windows 10, this arrow is next to the Mode button.
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    Select Rectangular Snip. It's in the drop-down menu. This option will allow you to draw a box around the area that you want to screenshot without including non-video sections of the screen.^{[1] X Research source}
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    Click New. It's in the top-left corner of the Snipping Tool window.
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    Select the Windows Media Player window. Click the top-left corner of the video's window and drag down into the bottom-right corner of the window.
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    Release the mouse button. Doing so will take a screenshot of everything inside of the rectangle that you drew.
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    Click the "Save" button. It's a square, floppy disk-shaped item at the top of the Snipping Tool window.
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    Select a save location. Click a folder on the left side of the window to set it as the place in which you'll save your screenshot.
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    Enter a name. Type a name for your screenshot into the "File name" text box.
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    Click Save. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. Doing so will save your snapshot in the selected folder under the name that you chose.