How to share a process without a meeting
Every time you schedule a call to show someone how something works, both of you lose that time. UIHike records the steps once and produces a link the other person opens whenever they are ready.
Ideal for: team leads, IT support staff, trainers, and anyone who explains the same process more than once.
Why the usual approaches have limits
There are three common ways people share a process. Each one works for some things. None of them work well for this.
Scheduling a screen-share call
Both people need to be free at the same time. In practice that means calendar lag, time zone conflicts, and the process knowledge sitting in one person's head until the meeting happens. If the other person misses a step during the call, or has a question two days later, you schedule again.
Sending a screen recording
A video file captures everything but is hard to navigate. If the viewer needs to find step 7, they scrub. If the UI has changed since the recording, the whole file is out of date. Video has no step structure and no way to jump to a specific action.
Writing it out manually
Typed instructions with pasted screenshots take real time to produce. Screenshots go stale when the UI changes. There is no standard format, so every person who writes docs uses a slightly different structure that the next person has to decode.
UIHike is built around a different model: you capture the steps once, and the recipient works through them at their own pace, in their own time, as many times as they need.
Record once. Everyone views at their own pace.
UIHike records every click as a numbered step with a screenshot. When you are done, you get a link at go.uihike.com/published/... that anyone can open in any browser. You do not need to be available. They do not need an account.
- Three people can view the same walkthrough at the same time, at different steps
- Someone who finishes can share the link to someone else without asking you
- The walkthrough is still there six months later when a new person joins
- Viewers can step back, re-read, and follow at their own speed
More than a screenshot
Every step in a UIHike walkthrough captures where you were and what you did, not just what the screen looked like.
Screenshot
A full-page PNG at the moment of capture. Annotations and crops are non-destructive layers on top. The original is always preserved underneath.
URL
The exact address of the page when the step happened. If the process spans several tabs or applications, every step is recorded in order.
What you clicked
The tag, visible label, and CSS selector of the element you interacted with. If you filled in a form field, the input value is also captured (passwords are masked).
Title and description
You add a heading and free-text description to each step after recording. This is where you explain the why, not just the what.
Polish it before you send
A raw recording is a starting point, not the finished product. UIHike gives you tools to make the walkthrough genuinely useful before anyone sees it.
Add arrows
Draw arrows and boxes to point at specific UI elements. Call out exactly what to click, what to look at, or what to avoid.
Blur sensitive data
Draw over any password field, internal URL, personal name, or confidential number. It gets covered before the link goes out.
Edit titles and descriptions
Rename any step. Add a paragraph explaining what to watch for, why the step matters, or what comes next.
Reorder steps
Drag any step to a different position in the sequence. Remove steps that were captured but are not relevant to the recipient.
A link, or any format they need
The share link works for most situations. When the recipient needs the content in a specific format, export from the same recording. You record once.
- Share link: opens in any browser, no account needed
- PDF: numbered steps with screenshots, printable or attachable
- Word (.docx): edit in Word or Google Docs
- Markdown: paste into Confluence, Notion, GitHub, or any wiki
- PowerPoint (.pptx): one slide per step for presentations
- HTML: a self-contained file that works fully offline
How to share a process without a meeting
Six steps from download to share link. The whole thing takes under ten minutes the first time.
Download UIHike
Free for Windows 10 and 11. Download takes under a minute.
Open a new project and press Start Recording
Click New Project, then Start Recording. UIHike opens a built-in browser and starts watching for interactions.
Work through the process as you normally would
Every click, navigation, and input becomes a numbered step automatically. No need to press anything between steps.
Press Stop Recording
UIHike organises everything into a numbered walkthrough. Each step has its screenshot, URL, and an editable title.
Annotate, edit, and redact
Add arrows and highlight boxes. Edit step titles and descriptions. Blur any sensitive data. Original screenshots are never changed.
Share the link
Publish the walkthrough and copy the link at go.uihike.com/published/... Paste it into a message. The recipient opens it in their browser, no account needed.
Windows 10 and 11. Free to download and use.
Next time someone asks you to walk them through something
Record it once. Send the link. Let them open it when they are ready.
Frequently asked questions
How do I share a process without scheduling a meeting?
Record the process once with UIHike. Every click becomes a numbered step with a screenshot. When the recording is done, share the link at go.uihike.com/published/... The recipient opens it in any browser at any time. No meeting, no account needed.
What is the difference between a screen recording and a UIHike walkthrough?
A screen recording produces a video file. To find a specific step, the viewer scrubs through the footage. A UIHike walkthrough is a numbered list of steps: each step has its own screenshot, URL, and description. The viewer can jump directly to step 4, go back to step 2, or re-read step 7 without watching anything else.
Can I share a process walkthrough with someone who doesn't have UIHike?
Yes. The published walkthrough is a public URL at go.uihike.com/published/... Anyone who has the link can open it in any browser. They do not need a UIHike account, and they do not need to install anything.
How do I add context to each step before sharing?
UIHike lets you edit the title and description of every step after recording. You can add arrows and highlight boxes to point at specific elements in the screenshot, and blur any sensitive information like passwords, names, or internal URLs. All edits are non-destructive: the original screenshot is always preserved underneath.
Does UIHike work for desktop apps, not just websites?
Yes. UIHike records any window on Windows: browser tabs, Outlook, Excel, desktop applications, and anything else on screen. All steps from any application appear together in the same walkthrough.
Can I export the walkthrough instead of sharing a link?
Yes. From the same recording, you can export to PDF, Word (.docx), Markdown, PowerPoint (.pptx), or a self-contained HTML file. The shareable link and the export formats are all generated from the same set of captured steps.
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Record it once. Skip the calendar invite.
UIHike turns any process into a numbered walkthrough with a shareable link. The person on the other end opens it whenever they are ready, steps through at their own pace, and can come back to any step later.
Windows 10 and 11. Free to download and use.