Skyrim screenshots: where are they stored?

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The role-playing game Skyrim, the newest part of the Elder Scrolls series, can be played on the consoles and also on the computer. The PC version has a big advantage because you can capture your gaming experiences with screenshots. As soon as you take a screenshot, it is automatically saved in a specified folder on your computer hard drive.

Capture moments of the game with screenshots.
Capture moments of the game with screenshots. © sokaeiko / Pixelio

Lasting memories from your Skyrim adventures

  • In the epic role-playing game Skyrim you can experience a very special world with numerous inhabitants, monsters and treasures. While you unfortunately cannot capture this while playing on the Playstation 3 or Xbox 360, the computer version of Skyrim allows you to take screenshots.
  • These images are exact images of your entire game screen. So you can capture certain moments or experiences in Skyrim with a simple push of a button and permanently on yours hard disk to save.
  • In this way, the most beautiful moments in this impressive role-playing game not only stay in your head, but also on yours computer exist. You can then print out the screenshots or show them to your friends.
  • Unfortunately, in the game there is no information about the location where this pictures get saved. You also have no option whatsoever to choose your own storage location.

Your screenshots will be saved here

  1. First of all, of course, you have to take the screenshots by pressing the print button on yours keyboard. As soon as you have pressed this button, the entire screen content with all details is saved as screenshots.
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  3. Skyrim saves your images in bitmap format and automatically places them in a specified folder on the hard drive. If you want to view the saved images, you either have to use the Windows-Open Explorer or My Computer.
  4. Double click on your first computer hard drive or partition (C :) and next open the "Program Files" subfolder. The Skyrim folder is located below the Steam folder.
  5. Then go to the folder "steamapps", then to "common" and finally to "skyrim". This folder now contains all of the screenshots that were saved while playing Skyrim. You can open and view the images with a simple double click.

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