Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Problem Steps Recorder (PSR)

In Windows 7 the Problem Steps Recorder (psr.exe) can be used to generate a MHTML file containing detailed screen shots, mouse and keyboard actions.  Although designed to capture problem actions to reproduce problems, it can be used to detail the installation process for applications.

PSR.EXE will save out to a compressed zip format which contains an MHTML .mht file readable in Internet Explorer.  Be aware the MHTML file can rapidly become very large due to the screen shot images stored during captured operations.