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For tutorial screenshots it would be really helpful to have the mouse cursor in the picture, but I found the usually known screenshot tools all hide the cursor from the screenshot.

So, are there any (good) screenshot tools for windows which include the mouse cursor (the current one, since the form of the cursor is important)?

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Why not just take a shot of the relevant pointer type from the control panel mouse window, and then you can paste it in where ever you like. Not an ideal solution, but it's probably what I'd do. – DMA57361♦ Sep 15 '10 at 7:26
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I don't know of any offhand, but I wrote a basic screenshot app, it would just be deleting a line to make it not hide the cursor, its GPL'd, so anyone can make that change freely. Source can be found here: pulsarsoftware.net/Download/Source/SC_0.1_Source.zip – MaQleod Sep 15 '10 at 7:49
@DMA57361, because I mostly need custom mouse icons which are not in the standard control panel. – Sam Sep 15 '10 at 8:08
@MaQleod: Sounds great, thanks - but I don't have a compiler for au3 files. – Sam Sep 15 '10 at 8:14
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you can get a compiler for that for free here autoitscript.com/autoit3/downloads.shtml – MaQleod Sep 15 '10 at 8:20

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Hypersnap is another good one.

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The trial version adds ugly ads to the screenshot, but it worked for me so this is my answer. – Sam Sep 16 '10 at 5:29
Irfanview is far better, free + no ads (see next answer) -- I always copy-and-paste screenshots into Ifranview for cropping anyway, so the capture feature makes it one step. – Jason Hanley Dec 9 '12 at 19:10
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IrfanView has the option to include the cursor. Press C to configure options and the hot key. It is free software.

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IrfanView is a great image viewer and a decent basic editor; I had no idea it took screenshots too! The screenshot capture tool looks nice and very flexible. – Steven Aug 6 '12 at 20:55
This should be the best answer. I've been using Irfanview for ages and completely forgot about this functionality until now. – Jason Hanley Dec 9 '12 at 19:08
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I've been very happy with Greenshot - you can turn on/off if mouse is captured or not + it has nice capability of adding notes and lines/arrows diretcly on the image after taking the shot. Great if you're creating user manuals or similar stuff. It's also free and open source.

http://getgreenshot.org/

(I'm not in any way affiliated with this product or it's author - just a satisfied user).

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As an FYI, this program does not capture the drop-shadow of the Aero mouse cursor. But it seems to do a decent job otherwise. – Jessica Brown Aug 18 '12 at 21:35
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Snagit has the option includes the mouse cursor. Plus it includes a REALLY good editor for screenshots. If you are not a computer expert, it is the best tool.

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In Windows 7 you can also search 'psr' in the Start Search:

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/ht/problem-steps-recorder.htm

This produces a .mht and images you can use in a tutorial.

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Screenshot Captor has the option to capture the cursor. It's my screenshot tool of choice.

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PicPick...

http://www.picpick.org/en/

great tool -- plus has little utilities that the rest of the suggestions don't.

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Please refer to this meta post on how to give answers that may require recommending software. – KronoS Feb 28 at 23:56
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Screen Hunter should do the trick.

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It does show the mouse pointer, but in a slightly misplaced location, and it messes up the background behind the mouse pointer :( – Sam Sep 15 '10 at 9:57

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