Changing General Settings

You can change the default settings in My Screen Recorder Pro from the General tab on the Settings dialog by clicking on the Tools menu > Settings to enable the following features:

Pause before Recording Starts

My Screen Recorder Pro lets you start recording in paused mode. Pausing before recording allows you to arrange and position windows and the region rectangle (if you want to record only a section of the screen) before beginning the recording.

To enable pausing before recording:

1. On the Tools menu, click Settings.
2. Make sure that the General tab is selected.
3. Check the option Pause before recording starts.
4. Click OK.

To start recording, use the keyboard shortcut (by default, F8). When recording is paused, a window will appear reminding you of the key combination needed to start recording.

Hiding the Icon in the System Tray

By default, My Screen Recorder Pro minimizes to the taskbar and the system tray when you start screen recording. You can choose to hide it while a screen recording is going on. When hidden, only an icon appears in the system tray and nothing is seen in the taskbar.

To hide My Screen Recorder Pro in the system tray:

1. On the Tools menu, click Settings.
2. Select the General tab if not already selected.
3. Check the option Hide when Minimized.
4. Click OK.

Specifying a File Name for Screen Recording

You can choose to specify a file name for screen recordings after recording ends or can let My Screen Recorder Pro automatically generate a name for each recording.

To configure the file naming option, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Settings.
2. Make sure that the General tab is selected.
3. Under File Save Options click the Configure button.
4. If you choose the Ask for file name after recording completes option, My Screen Recorder Pro prompts you to give a name to the file as soon as you stop the screen recording.
5. The Assign file name option allows you to specify a File Name that is automatically given to every screen recording. You are not asked to specify a name every time you have to save a recording. By default, the file name is Video.
6. If you select the Assign file name option, the Append sequential numbers to the file name option is enabled by default. So if the file name is Video then recordings would be named Video1, Video2 and so on.
7. You may even opt for the Overwriting existing file option under Assign file name. What happens is that every screen recording will be assigned the same file name. The previous recording will be replaced by the latest one with the same name. Suppose a recording called Video already exists, the new one which is also called "Video" would be saved, replacing the previous one.
8. Click OK.