[GH-ISSUE #465] Cannot capture keystrokes on Visual Studio #1755

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opened 2026-03-01 18:48:01 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

kerem commented 2026-03-01 18:48:01 +03:00

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Originally created by @MithrilMan on GitHub (Mar 15, 2019).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/issues/465

Hey nice project dude!

I'm using latest version 2.16,I tried this utility to capture a screen to show a colleague how to "find by reference", and I recorded me in a small area while I was pressing SHIFT+F12 in Visual Studio, then I went to the Image and clicked on Image, then KeyStroke and Apply and the program complained it didn't had keystrore

I tried even typing some test but no luck... then I tried to capture keys on notepad and it was working... so there must be something wrong with the capture utility that doesn't capture keys when using some program, any clue?

Originally created by @MithrilMan on GitHub (Mar 15, 2019). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/issues/465 Hey nice project dude! I'm using latest version 2.16,I tried this utility to capture a screen to show a colleague how to "find by reference", and I recorded me in a small area while I was pressing SHIFT+F12 in Visual Studio, then I went to the Image and clicked on Image, then KeyStroke and Apply and the program complained it didn't had keystrore  I tried even typing some test but no luck... then I tried to capture keys on notepad and it was working... so there must be something wrong with the capture utility that doesn't capture keys when using some program, any clue?

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kerem commented 2026-03-01 18:48:02 +03:00

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@NickeManarin commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2019):

I was able to capture my Shift+F12 key strokes (with the older and with the newer recorder).

Maybe something else is blocking the capture, like a VS extension or the fact that VS was running with admin rights (try running StG with admin rights too, if that's the problem).

<!-- gh-comment-id:473461688 --> @NickeManarin commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2019): I was able to capture my **Shift+F12** key strokes (with the older and with the newer recorder). Maybe something else is blocking the capture, like a VS extension or the fact that VS was running with admin rights (_try running StG with admin rights too, if that's the problem_). 

kerem commented 2026-03-01 18:48:02 +03:00

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@MithrilMan commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2019):

or the fact that VS was running with admin rights

ah-ha!
that was the problem, thanks!
Is this by design or could be fixed?

anyway good job!

<!-- gh-comment-id:473475122 --> @MithrilMan commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2019): > or the fact that VS was running with admin rights ah-ha! that was the problem, thanks! Is this by design or could be fixed? anyway good job!

kerem commented 2026-03-01 18:48:02 +03:00

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@NickeManarin commented on GitHub (Jul 16, 2019):

Is this by design or could be fixed?

It's by design by Microsoft. I can't access a key or mouse events set to a window opened with admin rights if ScreenToGif itself is not launched too as admin.

So, the only way to fix it is to launch my app as admin too.

<!-- gh-comment-id:512032763 --> @NickeManarin commented on GitHub (Jul 16, 2019): > Is this by design or could be fixed? It's by design by Microsoft. I can't access a key or mouse events set to a window opened with admin rights if ScreenToGif itself is not launched too as admin. So, the only way to fix it is to launch my app as admin too.

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