Windows Screen Logger

Windows Screen Logger is a lightweight application designed to periodically capture screenshots of your desktop. It runs in the background with a system tray icon, allowing you to configure settings and manage captured screenshots easily.

Features

• Periodic Screen Capture: Automatically captures screenshots at user-defined intervals.
• Customizable Settings:
  • Configure capture interval (in seconds).
  • Adjust image size (percentage of original resolution).
  • Set image quality (JPEG compression level).
• Session Awareness: Pauses screen capture when the session is locked and resumes when unlocked.
• Automatic Cleanup: Deletes screenshots older than a specified number of days.
• Windows Integration:
  • Option to start with Windows.
  • Uses the Windows Registry for startup configuration.
• Single Instance Enforcement: Ensures only one instance of the application runs at a time.
• System Tray Icon:
  • Access settings.
  • Open the folder containing saved screenshots.
  • Manually clean up old screenshots.
  • Exit the application.

Requirements

• .NET 9.0 or later
• Windows 10 or later

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/AndyLi/WindowsScreenLogger.git

2. Open the solution in Visual Studio.
3. Build the project to generate the executable.

Usage

1. Run the application. It will minimize to the system tray.
2. Right-click the tray icon to access the context menu:
   • Settings: Configure capture interval, image size, quality, and cleanup settings.
   • Open Saved Image Folder: Open the folder where screenshots are saved.
   • Clean Old Screenshots: Manually delete screenshots older than the configured number of days.
   • Exit: Close the application.
3. Screenshots are saved in the WindowsScreenLogger folder under your user profile directory, organized by date.

Configuration

• Settings:
  • Accessible via the system tray icon.
  • Changes are saved automatically and applied immediately.
• Startup:
  • Enable or disable starting the application with Windows.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit issues or pull requests to improve the project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.