Quick Windows tips

This has nothing to do with programming, and probably many people already know it, but what the hell. It might be a nice thing to teach your end users.

First, to get a screenshot of just the active window, instead of your whole screen, just press the Alt and PrintScreen keys together. That way, you’ll copy the screenshot to your clipboard, but you’ll not get your task bar, and you wouldn’t have to go to Paint to chop your image.

Second, to get the text of a message box shown by an app, just make sure that box is active, and press Ctrl + C. Windows will automatically copy the title, message and buttons text to the clipboard. You’ll get something like this:

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Exit
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Are you sure you want to quit?
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Yes   No  
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