Author: Rick Cable / AKA Cyber Abyss

A 16 year US Navy Veteran with 25+ years experience in various IT Roles in the US Navy, Startups and Healthcare. Founder of FinditClassifieds.com in 1997 to present and co-founder of Sports Card Collector Software startup, LK2 Software 1999-2002. For last 7 years working as a full-stack developer supporting multiple agile teams and products in a large healthcare organization. Part-time Cyber Researcher, Aspiring Hacker, Lock Picker and OSINT enthusiast.

Capture Right Click Context Menus Using Windows Snipping Tool

I’m working on a huge documentation project where I’m documenting operational support for a suite of C# MVC portal sites with a lot of back end SQL administrative functions.

I used to have SnagIt but my company has been cutting back on licenses.

I’m forced to rely on the Windows native screenshot tool, the Windows Snipping Tool.

One of my first big struggles was how do I capture right click context menus with the Windows Snipping Tool.

In my case, I’m documenting a folder structure and how to commit code to a SVN repository.

  1. Open Snipping Tool, cancel current snippet and leave in standby mode. 
  2. Get focus on your window / folder.
  3. Keys: Shift + F10
  4. Keys: Ctrl + fn + Print Screen (prtsc)
  5. You should have right click menu open and Snipping Tool should prompt you to select an area to capture. Select your menu area.
Windows Snipping Tool w/ Right Click menu captured.