Snipping Tool is an application included by default in Windows. It is used for taking and editing screenshots. In Windows 11, it is merged with Snip & Sketch app.
Questions tagged [snipping-tool]
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Windows 10 New Snip & Sketch Tool notification missing
When I installed the latest Windows 10 update I really liked the new screenshot / clipping tool that you can access with WIN+SHIFT+S.
Then after some time each time I use it the snipped picture gets copied to my clipboard, but the notification is…
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How can I disable the Snipping Tool functionality triggered by the Print Screen key in Windows 11?
I recently upgraded to Windows 11 and noticed that the Print Screen key now opens the Snipping Tool instead of taking a screenshot and copying it to the clipboard as it did in previous versions of Windows. While I appreciate the Snipping Tool's…
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Automatically open Snip & Sketch editor after using snipping tool with Win+Shift+S
The new version of the snipping tool in Windows 10 has some nice features, but one big difference between its behavior and that of the old snipping tool is that you can either use the Shift+Win+S command to go directly into snipping mode, which then…
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Snip & Sketch tool always flickers when using any annotation tools
tl;dr: Drawing any annotation in Windows 10's Snip & Sketch tool causes a screen flicker. Is there any workaround to this?
Snip & Sketch is a gem in Windows 10 and it makes my life really easier. But the painless usage of it is only when I am using…
trejder
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How can I change the default location Snipping Tool auto-saves screenshots to?
When you open the Windows Snipping Tool using +Shift+S, it will autosave the images to %UserProfile%\Pictures\Screenshots, but I want to change that default location.
How can I change the default save location for the snipping tool only, and not…
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How do I open Image files with SnippingTool.exe?
I like this software, but I noticed that after you snip--->save--->close the software, you can't open the image again with SnippingTool.exe
Is there a way to achieve this?
I've tried to use the alternate menu right-click "open with" but it's not…
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How to use Microsoft Screen Sketch on multiple monitors?
On Windows 10 build 17704, Snipping Tool includes a message from Microsoft asking or recommending users to switch to Screen Sketch app instead.
Snipping Tool will be removed in a future update. Try improved
features and snip like usual with…
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Is there a way to capture the window of the input method window?
The window of an input method application is hard to capture. It will disappear if you try to press shortcut key to capture the current screen. Even if you press Print Screen key, it will disappear too, making it tricky to capture the window.
Right…
jdhao
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New "snip & sketch" feature in Windows 10 October Update is too slow (how to reduce the delay)?
If anyone has just received the new Windows 10 October Update, you'll see a new feature has been implemented: Win key + Shift + S now opens the 'snip and sketch' tool for selecting regions of the screen to copy to clipboard.
While this is a useful…
IanRoberts
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Lightshot on windows 11 is hard to install / troubleshoot
I got a new computer, Windows 11, and wants to replace snippet tool with Lightshot.
I uninstalled snippet tool, and installed Lightshot, but I don't think it installed 100% because there is no icon in the tools menu.
Also, if it did install then I…
Thomas Koelle
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Windows 10 Screenshot Black - Multiple Tools (Standard, Greenshot, Snipping Tool)
I'm having an unusual issue - any way I attempt to print screen all I get is a black screen (using the WIN+PrtSc) a live black screen using Greenshot (as in I can move the cursor, see the dimension per usual, but everything is black) or snipping…
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Snipping Tool prevents Greenshot from taking screenshots, even after it's been removed
The problem is that I can't get Greenshot to take screenshots. For some reason, some part of the Microsoft Snipping Tool appears when I press the screenshot button of the keyboard, even after I uninstalled it. Here's what I tried so far.
The…
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Windows 11: How to reinstall Snip & Sketch
I did uninstall the old deprecated snipping tool from windows 11. But now I see "snip & sketch" is uninstalled too!
I removed it via right-clicking on the snipping tool in the start and pressing "uninstall".
I don't know how can I reinstall it! I…
Peyman
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Windows Snipping Tool image pasted into Word gets destroyed when Calc'ing with F9
When I Copy an image with the Snipping Tool (built into Windows 10) and paste into a Word document, then highlight the image, then press F9 (Calc), Word makes the image unreadable and the embedded image is replaced with the following message: ‘The…
Keith Howard
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SnippingTool.exe not located where it appears to be?
I just bought a new SteelSeries mouse. I'm trying program button 6 to launch "SnippingTool.exe".
SnippingTool.exe appears to be located at "C:\windows\system32\SnippingTool.exe" or at least it shows up in Windows Explorer that way.
However, in the…
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