Take a screenshot of a window on Windows 11 without drop shadow effect (grey border in the corners)

When you take a screenshot of a window on Windows 11 using the print screen key you'll notice that a large drop shadow is present. Whilst this looks good on a white background but you may just want the window itself.

Screenshot with drop shadow


If this is the case and you want just the window itself you can press ALT + print screen, however this leaves the rounded corners showing part of the drop shadow.

Screenshot of a window




Close up screenshot of the window


To resolve this open the performance options by searching for "performance".

Open the performance settings


Alteranatively you can run the following command.
%windir%\system32\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe


In performance options uncheck the show shadows under windows option and click OK.




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