Is there a way to take a screenshot of the user's Windows desktop?

Question

I want to provide the user with a scaled-down screenshot of their desktop in my application.

Is there a way to take a screenshot of the current user\'s Windo

Answer 1

You might look at using GetDesktopWindow through p/invoke, then get the device context and take your snapshot. There is a very detailed tutorial here. It might be better than perturbing the existing windows.