# Recapture

`Recapture`

This command is obsolete and should not be used anymore. Should you want to do something specific that you cannot do without it, please report this to the fvwm-workers mailing list fvwm-workers@fvwm.org. This command may be removed at some point in the future. Please read the note at the end of the section to learn about how to avoid the Recapture command.

Causes fvwm to recapture all of its windows. This ensures that the latest style parameters are used. The recapture operation is visually disturbing.

Since fvwm version 2.4 only a very few options need a Recapture to take effect (e.g. ).