{"id":833,"date":"2009-01-15T19:13:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T13:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=833"},"modified":"2021-05-31T14:32:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T09:02:48","slug":"using-problem-steps-recorder-psr-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/using-problem-steps-recorder-psr-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the Problem Steps Recorder Tool in Windows?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Problem Steps Recorder (PSR.EXE) utility included into Windows is a great little tool to record the steps to reproduce a problem in the computer. If you’re getting an obscure error when performing certain action(s) in a program or anywhere in Windows, and want to capture the steps to send them to tech support folks, PSR is the tool you need.<\/p>\n

This tool is included in Windows 7, 8 and Windows 10.<\/p>\n

PSR not only captures the screenshots, but also the exact steps you used which caused an error or problem. The captured data is stored in a MHTML document which is enclosed in a zip file, along with the screenshot images which are embedded in the MHTML file in base64 encoding. You can send the zip file to someone else who can help you fix the problem. Here is how the utility looks like:<\/p>\n

\"Problem
\nScreenshot of PSR in Windows 7<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Problem
\nScreenshot of PSR in Windows 10. It’s now called “Steps Recorder” instead of “Problem Steps Recorder”<\/i><\/p>\n

Recording Problem Steps<\/h2>\n

Click Start, type PSR.EXE and press ENTER. This starts Problem Steps Recorder or Steps Recorder.<\/p>\n

Click the Start Record<\/b> button and continue the steps to reproduce the problem\/error. You can also add comments then and there, by clicking the Add Comment<\/b> button. Once done, click the Stop Record<\/b> button. Mention the output file name and save the file.<\/p>\n

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Sample Report<\/h2>\n

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Settings<\/b><\/p>\n

You can change the following settings for Problem Steps Recorder:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Output Location<\/td>\nTo make it easier to find the files you save, click the Browse button to set a default location for the Problem Steps Recorder files.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Enable screen capture<\/td>\nIf you don’t want to capture the screen shots along with the click information, select No. This might be a consideration if you are taking screen shots of a program that contains personal information, such as bank statements, and you are sharing the screen shots with someone else.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of recent screen captures to store<\/td>\nWhile the default is 25 screens, you can increase or decrease the number of screen shots. Problem Steps Recorder only records the default number of screen shots. For example, if you took 30 screen shots during a recording but only had 25 screen shots as the default, you would be missing the first five screen shots. In this case, you would want to increase the number of default screen shots.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Problem Steps Recorder (PSR.EXE) utility included into Windows is a great little tool to record the steps to reproduce a problem in the computer. If you’re getting an obscure error when performing certain action(s) in a program or anywhere in Windows, and want to capture the steps to send them to tech support folks, PSR … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5973,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/defender-service-error-577-disableantivirus-registry\/","url_meta":{"origin":833,"position":0},"title":"Fix: Windows Defender Error 577 | Service Fails to Start","author":"Ramesh","date":"November 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The \"Security and Maintenance\" Control Panel applet or the Action Center in Windows 10 may warn you that Windows Defender is disabled and no anti-virus is protecting your system. 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