How to Take a Screenshot on Windows Smartphones

Windows Phone makes it a simple process like the rest: press and hold the power and volume Up buttons (if you hold volume down, the phone will reboot). Screenshots go right into the Photo Hub: look for Pictures, then an album marked Screenshots, stored as PNG files.

If you're still rolling with Windows Phone 7, you can't take a screenshot without unlocking your device.

If you're using Windows 10 Continuum, doing this keystroke still only takes a shot of your mobile screen, not any external display; for that, you still use the Windows desktop key-commands (see below).