Windows Help & Advice – May 2019

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Bar and DVR

“Capturewhat’shappeningon

your desktop with the built-in

screenrecorderin Windows10”

aking a static screenshot in

Windows 10 is incredibly

easy: just press the [Prt Sc]

(PrintScreen) key, and whatever you

seeonyour screen will be copied to

theclipboard ready for you to paste

into an image-editing program. To do

something more advanced, you can

turn to Windows 10’s Snipping Tool,

which lets you do things like just

capturing an area of your desktop.

But what about if you want to record

the action happening on your screen?

What if you want to make a video of

what you see on your desktop?

While you could turn to a third-

party app, you might be surprised to

learn that Windows 10 has its own

video capture tool built in. Part of

the Game Bar component, the screen

recorder is really designed for gamers

looking to capture videos of their

gameplay, but there’s nothing to stop

you from using it for other purposes

if youwant.Here’showtogetstarted.

1 Accessing the Game Bar

If you are not a gamer, you may never have investigated the

Xbox and gaming-related aspects of Windows 10 – but this is

where to go if you want to start recording videos for free. If you

take a browse through the Start menu, you will find – or can

search for – Game Bar. To access the tool quickly, you can also

use a keyboard shortcut: just press [Win] + [G] at the same time.

2 Configure Game Bar settings

Now you know where the Game Bar is, you might want to

jump in and start recording straight away. It’s worth spending a

little time configuring a few options first, though. Go to Start >

Settings > Gaming to go to the Game Bar section. You should

start by ensuring that the ‘Record game clips, screenshots and

broadcast using Game Bar’ toggle is enabled.

Step-by-step Record your on-screen activities

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CUSTOMISE

The Game Bar can

be personalised in

a number of ways

• you can even
  change the default
  keyboard shortcuts.

CAPTURE SETTINGS

Go here to change

where your video

captures are saved,

and make changes

to settings such as

audio quality.

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