C# - Take Screenshot based on a Timer

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Published on 2010-03-31T00:29:44Z Indexed on 2010/03/31 0:33 UTC
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Hello everybody. I'm trying to create a WinForms app that takes a screenshot on a set interval. I think my code is correct, but when I try to run it, I get the error message "System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException was unhandled, A generic error occurred in GDI+."

    System.Windows.Forms.Timer t = new System.Windows.Forms.Timer();
    Thread th;
    private static Bitmap bmpScreenshot;
    private static Graphics gfxScreenshot;

    void TakeScreenShot()
    {
        bmpScreenshot = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
        gfxScreenshot = Graphics.FromImage(bmpScreenshot);
        gfxScreenshot.CopyFromScreen(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.X, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Y, 0, 0, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Size, CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);
        bmpScreenshot.Save(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory) + @"\ScreenCaptures", ImageFormat.Png);
        th.Abort();
    }

    void StartThread(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        th = new Thread(new ThreadStart(TakeScreenShot));
        th.Start();
    }

    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Directory.CreateDirectory(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory) + @"\ScreenCaptures");
        t.Interval = 500;
        t.Tick += new EventHandler(StartThread);
        t.Start();
    }

The line that's giving my trouble is:

bmpScreenshot.Save(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory) + @"\ScreenCaptures", ImageFormat.Png);

Any ideas about what is going wrong? Thanks in advance.

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