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How to Use Windows 7 “Problem Steps Recorder” from command line?
Problem Steps Recorder is a cool Windows 7 tool that can record your actions as a series of images. Refer earlier post here for more information about the tool. In this post I will explain how to use this tool from a command line window (cmd.exe).
psr.exe [/start |/stop][/output <fullfilepath>] [/sc (0|1)] [/maxsc <value>]
[/sketch (0|1)] [/slides (0|1)] [/gui (o|1)]
[/arcetl (0|1)] [/arcxml (0|1)] [/arcmht (0|1)]
[/stopevent <eventname>] [/maxlogsize <value>] [/recordpid <pid>]
/start :Start Recording. (Outputpath flag SHOULD be specified)
/stop :Stop Recording.
/sc :Capture screenshots for recorded steps.
/maxsc :Maximum number of recent screen captures.
/maxlogsize :Maximum log file size (in MB) before wrapping occurs.
/gui :Display control GUI.
/arcetl :Include raw ETW file in archive output.
/arcxml :Include MHT file in archive output.
/recordpid :Record all actions associated with given PID.
/sketch :Sketch UI if no screenshot was saved.
/slides :Create slide show HTML pages.
/output :Store output of record session in given path.
/stopevent :Event to signal after output files are generated.
PSR Usage Examples:
psr.exe
psr.exe /start /output fullfilepath.zip /sc1 /gui 0 /record <PID>
/stopevent <eventname> /arcetl 1
psr.exe /start /output fullfilepath.xml /gui 0 /recordpid <PID>
/stopevent <eventname>
psr.exe /start /output fullfilepath.xml /gui 0 /sc 1 /maxsc <number>
/maxlogsize <value> /stopevent <eventname>
psr.exe /stop
Notes:
1. Output path should include a directory path (e.g. '.\file.xml').
2. Output file can either be a ZIP file or XML file
3. Can't specify /arcxml /arcetl /arcmht /sc etc. if output is not a ZIP file.
- Tags: Microsoft, Technology, Windows, Windows 7

2 Responses to How to Use Windows 7 “Problem Steps Recorder” from command line?
Anthony
September 29th, 2011 at 11:35 am
Thanks for your post.
Do you know how to put any comment during runtime with command line ?
Cheers
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December 2nd, 2011 at 6:42 pm
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