Does it also happen to you that Prnt Scrn doesn't work unless the window isn't in focus?


AlterNate37

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Hi,

I recently discovered Win+Shift+S and so I could notice that this combo always triggers the snipping tool on the top of the screen to take a screenshot, and that Win + PrntScrn always take a screenshot of the full screen, no matter where you are.
But PrntScrn alone (no matter if the toggle in Accessibility to have it trigger the snipping tool is active or not) often doesn't work unless I make the windows smaller (= not covering the whole screen) and click on the desktop's background so that the window loses focus.

Is this how it's intended to be?
I always had it, so it's not my current flawed install.

I wonder if it can be fixed or if alternatively PrntSrn can be mapped to Win+Shift+S.

Thanx
 
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Ghot said:
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Thanks for the other utilities, I should probably start with backups give recent events.

But for the rest, I had said "and NO, it's not enough to enable 'Use the print screen key to open screen capture' in Accessibility".
This situation (which I have since I can remember, across several installations and pretty sure also several Windows editions but you know, old people forget details) happens also when that thing in accessibility is toggled.
And I presume that the registry tweak does just the same as that toggle?
 
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Using WinKey+Shift+S to activate the Snipping Tool on my computers doesn't automatically do a screenshot, allows me to select how much of the visible screen I want to save. On a couple of Notebooks I have to use WinKey+Alt+PrntScrn to get the full screen.
 

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Berton said:
Using WinKey+Shift+S to activate the Snipping Tool on my computers doesn't automatically do a screenshot, allows me to select how much of the visible screen I want to save. On a couple of Notebooks I have to use WinKey+Alt+PrntScrn to get the full screen.
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Thanx for pointing out that my post wasn't clear. I edited now.
I simply meant that both Win+Shift+S and Win+PrntScrn always do what they're meant to, while PrntScrn alone often doesn't.
 

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By holding the Win button,you are granting admin rights to the snipping tool
If the window of the active program have admin rights,just pressing PrntScreen will do nothing
If you open something that is not running as admin,even if it's in full screen,you will be able to make a screenshot by just pressing PrtScr
 

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AlterNate37 said:
and NO, it's not enough to enable 'Use the print screen key to open screen capture'
Click to expand...


I meant use the tutorial to DISABLE that function. Which will set PrtSc back to it's classic function.
 

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Ghot said:
I meant use the tutorial to DISABLE that function. Which will set PrtSc back to it's classic function.
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ah but I don't want it to it's classic function, I want to be able to select the borders of the screenshot.
Btw, will setting it to its classic function make it bypass the restriction which @vsub mentioned?
 

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vsub said:
By holding the Win button,you are granting admin rights to the snipping tool
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Yeah, I suspected this much. It's a bit like in android with the banking app.
And is there a way to map prntscrn to Win+Shift+S? I've never done any mapping so I'm unsure but I've heard that there's such a thing.
 

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PrntScrn does create a screenshot with and without the option in accessibility but the thing is,if you don't hold the win button,the snipping tool will not be started
The screenshot(the whole screen)is saved into the clipboard

It can be done the PrntScrn to bring the snipping tool but you will require an extra program to do that(autohotkey for example)
Rather than bothering with that,I just use ShareX(have portable version too)that can work like the snipping tool but with A LOT more extras
 

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vsub said:
PrntScrn does create a screenshot
The screenshot(the whole screen)is saved into the clipboard
I just use ShareX
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Ah, yes, I forgot about the Clipboard. Yeah, not quite what I look for, too bothersome if I have to paste it in Paint every time like it was in the past.
I've just downloaded ShareX but I don't see a way to make it trigger the snipping tool?
 

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AlterNate37 said:
Ah, yes, I forgot about the Clipboard. Yeah, not quite what I look for, too bothersome if I have to paste it in Paint every time like it was in the past.
I've just downloaded ShareX but I don't see a way to make it trigger the snipping tool?
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Disable the printscreen button in Accessibility triggering the snipping tool
Make sure ShareX is running as admin and you can set your keys from the Hotkeys Settings
Check the options,there are many things you can to with the screenshot
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