The method suggested by FL310 will work even if you want a capture of only a portion of the desktop. Just paste the clipboard into Paint. Then use the selection tool there. However, if you need to capture specified rectangles often then you probably will prefer to have a utility that does that. . .. .This program is not bad for free:. .<a href="http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/files/MWSnap200.zip" target="_blank">http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/files/MWSnap200.zip</a>. .Before opening MWSnap make sure that what you want to capture is the active window. Open MWSnap, click on one of the five option buttons for the type of capture, then click on the snap button on the bottom. If you chose the "Any Rectangular Area" button then you can use the mouse to draw the desired rectangle.