FSX freezes when capturing a screenshot

[Frequent Flyer]

Hey all,
this doesn't always happen, but sometimes my FSX freezes when I press the 'V' key (screenshot capture). To resume flying, I have to alt+tab to the desktop and then back in to the game.
It can be quite annoying when taking lots of screenies, so I've wandered if anyone has any solution for this.

I can't seem to find any pattern for when it freezes or not.


Thanks,
Frequent Flyer

[Boikat]

I haven't had any hard freezes like that, but I use "Snapshot", and the sim will freeze for half a second or so, but it's never locked up.

[Bob70]

[quote]Hey all,
this doesn't always happen, but sometimes my FSX freezes when I press the 'V' key (screenshot capture). To resume flying, I have to alt+tab to the desktop and then back in to the game.
It can be quite annoying when taking lots of screenies, so I've wandered if anyone has any solution for this.

I can't seem to find any pattern for when it freezes or not.


Thanks,
Frequent Flyer

[Frequent Flyer]

[quote][quote]Hey all,
this doesn't always happen, but sometimes my FSX freezes when I press the 'V' key (screenshot capture). To resume flying, I have to alt+tab to the desktop and then back in to the game.
It can be quite annoying when taking lots of screenies, so I've wandered if anyone has any solution for this.

I can't seem to find any pattern for when it freezes or not.


Thanks,
Frequent Flyer

[jlab58]

i don't have any solution to your problem, just a question. you say there is no pattern, but could it be happening in hard on CPU addon sceneries?

[Daube]

It's a problem with the drivers I think.
For example, I have this freezing problem when I try to swith from full screen to windowed mode.
Same if I simply want to minimize the sim to go back to Windows: when I click on FSX in the taskbar, the sim would not come back to life... until I try it again two-three times... (same with window<->full screen)

[Frequent Flyer]

@jlab58, I'm not quite sure. I run my FSX on the highest settings my computer can handle, though.

@Daube, I take there is no solution for this?  :-/

Thanks all for your help 

[Boikat]

[quote]@jlab58, I'm not quite sure. I run my FSX on the highest settings my computer can handle, though.

@Daube, I take there is no solution for this?

[Chief95]

I recommend "Snapper" you use print screen to take your screen-shots. If you are interested 'google' snapper to find it.

Good Luck,

Chief