DisablingScreenCapture

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sample	csharp cpp cppwinrt	windows windows-uwp	DisablingScreenCapture	path target SharedContent SharedContent path target LICENSE LICENSE	Shows how to disable screen capture.

Disabling screen capture sample

Shows how to disable screen capture by setting the IsScreenCaptureEnabled property of the ApplicationView object, and by using methods of the AppCapture class.

Note: This sample is part of a large collection of UWP feature samples. You can download this sample as a standalone ZIP file from docs.microsoft.com, or you can download the entire collection as a single ZIP file, but be sure to unzip everything to access shared dependencies. For more info on working with the ZIP file, the samples collection, and GitHub, see Get the UWP samples from GitHub. For more samples, see the Samples portal on the Windows Dev Center.

The sample consists of the following scenarios:

• Allow screen capture by taking no special action. Screen capture is allowed by default.
• Blocking screen capture for a specific page by setting IsScreenCaptureEnabled to false when the user navigates to the page, then setting it back to true when the user navigates away.
• Allowing and blocking system-initiated app capture such as Xbox Game Bar.

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Related topics

Reference

ApplicationView class
Capture game audio, video, screenshots, and metadata

Related samples

• DisablingScreenCapture sample for C++/CX and JavaScript (archived)

System requirements

• Windows 10

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