Snipping Tool stopped working


MrYossu

MrYossu

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Up until a day or so ago, Shft-Win-S brought up the Snipping Tool and activated it, so I could grab a section of the screen and have a snapshot of it saved to the clipboard.

Now, when I click Shft-Win-S, I got a busy cursor for a second or so, and that's it. No indication of it being ready for me to select an area, nothing.

If I manually open the app, and click the New button, the app window disappears, I get a busy cursor for a second, and then nothing. I can see the app on the taskbar (presumably minimised), and if I click it, I just get the window back up.

I tried repairing and resetting the app, but didn't help.

Anyone any ideas? Thanks
 
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Win11 22H2 (OS Build 22621.1702)

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Hate to say this, but I had the same problem a year or so ago, and I fixed it with an in-place upgrade install. See tutorials. It's easy, actually.
 

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You could try some of these potential fixes for this>

www.lifewire.com

How to Fix It When the Snipping Tool Isn't Working in Windows 11

The Snipping Tool is a useful and reliable way to take screenshots on Windows 11. A problem with the Snipping Tool can be an unexpected annoyance. Here's how to fix it when the Snipping Tool isn't working in Windows 11.
www.lifewire.com www.lifewire.com
 

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Hi,

From powershell, please enter this command:

Get-AppxPackage MicrosoftWindows.Client.Core -AllUsers | Reset-AppxPackage <enter>
 

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Wisewiz said:
Hate to say this, but I had the same problem a year or so ago, and I fixed it with an in-place upgrade install. See tutorials. It's easy, actually.
Click to expand...
Yeah, but quite destructive. I'll see if I can find a less destructive way first, and will resort to that only if I get stuck.

Marcus Vinicus said:
You could try some of these potential fixes for this>

www.lifewire.com

How to Fix It When the Snipping Tool Isn't Working in Windows 11

The Snipping Tool is a useful and reliable way to take screenshots on Windows 11. A problem with the Snipping Tool can be an unexpected annoyance. Here's how to fix it when the Snipping Tool isn't working in Windows 11.
www.lifewire.com www.lifewire.com
Click to expand...
Thanks, but none of them helped.

OAT said:
Hi,

From powershell, please enter this command:

Get-AppxPackage MicrosoftWindows.Client.Core -AllUsers | Reset-AppxPackage <enter>
Click to expand...
When I entered that, I got the following...

Reset-AppxPackage : Package was not found.
Windows cannot remove MicrosoftWindows.Client.Core_1000.22633.1000.0_x64__cw5n1h2txyewy because the current user does
not have that package installed. Use Get-AppxPackage to see the list of packages installed.
At line:1 char:58
  • ... ppxPackage MicrosoftWindows.Client.Core -AllUsers | Reset-AppxPackage
  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Reset-AppxPackage], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Comman
ds.ResetAppxPackageCommand
Click to expand...

I would paste in the output of Get-AppxPackage but there was wads of it. Please let me know if it wold be useful.

Thanks to all of you, any other ideas?
 

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  • OS
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    AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
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    Aorus X570 Elite
    Memory
    96Gb
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    2047MB NVIDIA NVS 510
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS PB278 (2560x1440@59Hz), DELL S2721DS (2560x1440@59Hz), F22 (1920x1080@60Hz), DELL E2311H (1920x1080@60Hz)
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    931GB Force MP600 primary drive
    931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EALX-759BA1 data drive
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Hi MrYossu,
I am sorry and a little surprised that didn't work.
Since you have tried resetting the app, I would now attempt to uninstall it and reinstall it from the store after you have rebooted.
 

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System One System Two

  • OS
    Win11 All /Debian/Arch
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF Gaming FX705GM
    CPU
    2.20 gigahertz Intel i7-8750H Hyper-threaded 12 cores
    Motherboard
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. FX705GM 1.0
    Memory
    24428 Megabytes
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
    Sound Card
    Intel(R) Display Audio / Realtek(R) Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Integrated Monitor (17.3"vis)
    Screen Resolution
    FHD 1920X1080 16:9
    Hard Drives
    2 SSD SATA/NVM Express 1.3
    WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500.1 GB
    WDCSDAPNUW-1002 256 GB
    PSU
    19V DC 6.32 A 120 W
    Cooling
    Dual Fans
    Mouse
    MS Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    Fiber 1GB Cox -us & ADSL Bouygues -fr
    Browser
    Edge Canary- Firefox Nightly
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    Windows Defender
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    Windows 11 Insider Canary
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    ASUS X751BP
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    AMD Dual Core A6-9220
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    ASUS
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    AMD Radeon R5 M420
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3
    Screen Resolution
    1600X900 16:9
    Hard Drives
    1TB 5400RPM
OAT said:
Hi MrYossu,
I am sorry and a little surprised that didn't work.
Since you have tried resetting the app, I would now attempt to uninstall it and reinstall it from the store after you have rebooted.
Click to expand...
OK, thanks for the suggestion. I'll have to wait to reboot, too busy now. Will let you know how I get on.

Thanks again
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win11
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
    Motherboard
    Aorus X570 Elite
    Memory
    96Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    2047MB NVIDIA NVS 510
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS PB278 (2560x1440@59Hz), DELL S2721DS (2560x1440@59Hz), F22 (1920x1080@60Hz), DELL E2311H (1920x1080@60Hz)
    Hard Drives
    931GB Force MP600 primary drive
    931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EALX-759BA1 data drive
    5589GB Seagate Backup+ Hub BK SCSI Disk Device (USB (SATA)) external backup
    Other Info
    See http://speccy.piriform.com/results/a0tsEUMm6hE5R4aEwpTCg3a for full specs
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