2 Ways to Screen Capture a Context Menu in Windows 10

By Jennifer | Last Updated January 03, 2024

Normally, it's easy to take screenshots of shown contents in the computer. However, when you want to screen capture a context menu in your Windows 10 laptop, you will find that the context menu could disappear easily once you click your mouse. What can you do at that time? Here, you will get two easy ways to screen capture a context menu in Windows 10.

Way 1: Screen Capture a Right-Click Menu with Prt Sc & Paint
Way 2: Screen Capture a Context Menu with Snipping Tool

Way 1: Screen Capture a Right-Click Menu with Prt Sc and Paint

Step 1: Locate the context menu you want to screen capture and then hit Prt Sc button in the keyboard.

Step 2: Open Paint program and click Paste option in the upper pane. After that, the full screenshot will be shown.

Step 3: Crop the area where the context menu is and save it to get the screenshot of the context menu.

Way 2: Screen Capture a Context Menu with Snipping Tool

Step 1: Run Snipping Tool to choose delay time in the drop-down menu of Delay option.

Step 2: Tap New option and then select Rectangular Snip in its drop-down menu.

Step 3: Right-click the place where you want to get its context menu. After the delayed time, the window of Snipping Tool will show automatically. And you can select the context menu to capture its screenshot now.