Yeah, Snipping Tool unfortunately does require more than just one keystroke. Try FastStone Capture though, that definitely does what you mentioned (and a heck of a lot more).
While $20 (USD) does seem quite expensive for a screenshot program, once you've used it and also considering it's a lifetime license, it's not actually that bad a price..
Since you have FRAPS and as FORWOX said, FRAPS is not just for games and can also be used to save screenshots.
Select the "Monitor Aero Desktop (DWM)"
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Benchmarking Software - Show how many Frames Per Second (FPS) you are getting in a corner of your screen. Perform custom benchmarks and measure the frame rate between any two points. Save the statistics out to disk and use them for your own reviews and applications.
Screen Capture Software - Take a screenshot with the press of a key! There's no need to paste into a paint program every time you want a new shot. Your screen captures are automatically named and timestamped.
Realtime Video Capture Software - Have you ever wanted to record video while playing your favourite game? Come join the Machinima revolution! Throw away the VCR, forget about using a DV cam, game recording has never been this easy! Fraps can capture audio and video up to 2560x1600 with custom frame rates from 10 to 120 frames per second!
I doubt this would be possible. You would be asking one keystroke to, copy an image, open a program (say Paint) , paste the image and save the image. If it could do this then how would we choose which format to save the image to?
I offer the following not to create an argument but to say how and why I use screenshots as I think I am a fairly average user so many others probably have the same experience:
I use screenshots a lot (I have 52 here on this Forum at the moment) and I need to be able to choose different formats according to what I am going to use the screenshot for. Of the 50 odd screenshots I have on the forum not one is a full screen so even if one keystroke did work I would still need to open Paint, open the image and crop it, then save it again so all I would save is one "Paste " operation!
Anyway why are we talking about Prnt Scrn when we have the Snippet tool? Has always done whatever I have asked of it.
What a good spot that was. The way to capure a drop down menu, I mean!You can take a snip of menus, have a look at the notes at the end of this article: Use Snipping Tool to capture screen shots
I didn't know this so your post has now cured the only little niggle I had with Snippet. It now really does do everyjthing I ask of it.
You can install the program " Lightscreen" - it is free and very small. It integrates with windows and You can capture the screen by simply click on Prt Scr key.
I use Jing and programmed it to the F9 function key. If I want a snip, I just press F9. It has neat annotation and drawing functions too. Jing | Add visuals to your online conversations
You can get Free Faststone Capture A+ Freeware - Multimedia & Design - FastStone Capture 5.3 (last freeware version)
Click what you want and save the shot where you want it.
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