
If you choose the ‘recommended’ Full Installation (selected by default) it will download and install a Yandex (Russian) toolbar into every web browser on your computer – and may change the home page and search providers to Yandex too. I highly recommend selecting ‘Options Tuning’ and then untick all three Yandex options before pressing Next – as shown below: Choosing NOT to install Yandex The LightShot Windows installation program offers 2 installation options. The video below from the developer provides an overview of LightShot in operation:

LightShot is available as a free Windows program from the developers here (see Installation Note below) – designed for XP, Vista and Windows 7.Īlternatively, there is a standalone LightShot browser add-on for Firefox here (5 star ratings) or an extension for Google Chrome here (4.57 star ratings).


Free, simple and quick screenshot tool.LightShot is an easy to use screen capture program which can do a lot more than Windows – you can select just part of an area, create a web-link to the copied image for quick sending to friends/posting online and save the screenshot directly to computer. However, LightShot enhances the traditional PrintScreen and adds far more functionality.

Pressing the PrintScreen and ALT keys at the same time captures a screenshot of the active window only – useful for capturing dialog boxes and smaller windows. There are simple ways to capture a screenshot in Windows – pressing the PrintScreen key captures a screenshot of the whole desktop.
