Windows 11 Snipping Tool is Distorting images


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When I hit PrtScrn, it pulls up the old Snipit Tool and I now use this to take a screen shot, then paste to a program, the image comes out stretched and cuts off the bottom. I noticed if I changed my display scale from 125% to 100% its okay, but I can’t be doing this every time as I take about a 100 screen shots a day in my job.

I tried to find the Snipit App, to either repair it or uninstall/reinstall, but it does not appear in my programs list, looks like it is now integrated into window 11.

Any ideas on how to fix?

Thanks,

V
 

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Snipping Tool shows under Settings > Apps > Installed Apps on my 11. is that where you looked?
 

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dacrone said:
Snipping Tool shows under Settings > Apps > Installed Apps on my 11. is that where you looked?
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Hmm, I don't have an "Apps" option under my settings, see below
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I was looking under, control panel -> Programs and Features,

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No Snipit, see below "S" names

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you're looking under System. its further down in the left pane
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Sniped again lol
 

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dacrone said:
you're looking under System. its further down in the left pane
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thanks, similar list to the control panel one, no snipit...

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which seems a little odd, because if I hit my print screen button on the keyboard, I get the same Snipit menus as when on windows 10, looks like my machine is using something else maybe or is this still snipit?

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I'll try to down load and install the old Snipit, see if that fixes things...
 

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Whatever that app is, it's not the default Snipping Tool that comes with Windows 11.

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This is the one:

apps.microsoft.com

Snipping Tool - Free download and install on Windows | Microsoft Store

Capture images easily with the new Snipping Tool app on Windows 11. Use mouse, touch, or pen to edit screenshots and share them anywhere. Note: The new Snipping Tool is available only on Windows 11. If you’re using Windows 10, Snip & Sketch will download to your PC instead.
apps.microsoft.com
 

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    MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE
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    3x 3840 x 2160
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    3x Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe 4 M.2 2 TB SSD (MZ-V8P2T0B/AM) } 3x Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 1 TB SSD (USB)
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    PC Power & Cooling’s Silencer Series 1050 Watt, 80 Plus Platinum
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    Fractal Design Define 7 XL Dark ATX Full Tower Case
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    Arctic Liquid Freezer III 420 RGB + Air 3x 140mm case fans (pull front) + 1x 120 mm (push back) and 1 x 120 mm (pull bottom)
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ah, now its working after installing Snipit... not sure where that other snipping tool came from, looks just like snipit, wonder if that is what I was using on windows 10 (with no scaling/distorting issues), my machine was upgrade from win10 to win 11...

I used to be able to right click in the task manager area to access the Snipit tool, any way to get the icon back there?
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11
Vanz said:
When I hit PrtScrn, it pulls up the old Snipit Tool and I now use this to take a screen shot, then paste to a program, the image comes out stretched and cuts off the bottom. I noticed if I changed my display scale from 125% to 100% its okay, but I can’t be doing this every time as I take about a 100 screen shots a day in my job.

I tried to find the Snipit App, to either repair it or uninstall/reinstall, but it does not appear in my programs list, looks like it is now integrated into window 11.

Any ideas on how to fix?

Thanks,

V
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Visit the website listed below for some information that should help you with your issue.

superuser.com

Set ms-screenclip protocol handler to Snipping Tool on Windows 10

Starting with Windows 10 build 1903, the usual Snipping Tool shortcut Win+Shift+S no longer opens the Snipping Tool. It looks like that this shortcut launches the ms-screenclip: protocol which is
superuser.com superuser.com
 

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