Snipping Tool ...Wheres my pics

Birk · Oct 12, 2021

Yes, I get that screen which indeed does let me save the snip. But first I have to click a popup window at the lower right corner that appears right after I take the snip. What should happen is instead of that popup, the window you showed should appear as soon as the snip is taken.

AddRAM · Oct 12, 2021

You tell it where you want to save the snip with this icon.

And also in Snip Settings have Save Snips ticked on, so when you try to close the window it will ask you if you want to save your work.

I just use the icon I have highlighted in Red

AddRAM · Oct 12, 2021

Or, after you make your Snip, right click on the picture and choose Save as.

Fabler2 · Oct 12, 2021

Birk said:
Yes, I get that screen which indeed does let me save the snip. But first I have to click a popup window at the lower right corner that appears right after I take the snip. What should happen is instead of that popup, the window you showed should appear as soon as the snip is taken.

Check Settings - System - Notifications and scroll down for Snipping Tool and turn off.
It doesn't show there for me as I use Lightshot for screen capture and that's what shows up for me to disable, so assuming it will show for you.

RogerOver · Oct 12, 2021

Rightclick on the desktop ==> New ==> Shortcurt

Copy the follwing into the "destination" line:

"C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.ScreenSketch_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SnippingTool.exe"

(Replace "YOUR USER NAME" by your user name

Give it a name, e.g "Snipping tol"

Close and enjoy !

Roger

davehc · Oct 12, 2021

RogerOver said:
Rightclick on the desktop ==> New ==> Shortcurt

Copy the follwing into the "destination" line:

"C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.ScreenSketch_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SnippingTool.exe"

(Replace "YOUR USER NAME" by your user name

Give it a name, e.g "Snipping tol"

Close and enjoy !

Roger

Why would you want to jump through those hoops?
Just select the shortcut option (Prntscrn ) and there it is ´

jbcarreon123 · Oct 12, 2021

For me, + Shift + S opens Snipping Tool dialog, then putting it to clipboard.

Fabler2 · Oct 12, 2021

jbcarreon123 said:
For me, + Shift + S opens Snipping Tool dialog, then putting it to clipboard.

Yes, with further settings available.

RogerOver · Oct 12, 2021

davehc said:
Why would you want to jump through those hoops?
Just select the shortcut option (Prntscrn ) and there it is ´

yes but I can't move the shortcut to where I want.

(By the way, why is this ? Why does Microsoft hinder me to put my shortcut to where I want ? Everywhere are only two options: "pin to taskbar" or "pin to start menu"; anything else does not work. ... Strange !!!)

Birk · Oct 12, 2021

Thanks for all the responses - I'll give feedback to each below. Note that I was able to stop the notification window at bottom right from appearing, but when I did this I was back at square 1: nothing happened after the snip except it was copied to the clipboard; there was no way to save it as an image file. So I set the notification to On because this is the only way I can find to get the Save window to appear.

AddRAM: I get that same window, but only after I click on the notification window that appears at bottom right immediately after making a snip. What I think should happen is the window you showed should appear immediately after making a snip - but I can't find a way to make that happen.

Fabler2: If I turn notifications off for Snipping Tool then the notification window at bottom right does not appear and I get nothing on screen after taking the snip. This is where I started from - the snip is on the clipboard (I think) but there is now easy way to deal with it.

RogerOver: rather than do what you suggested I put the shortcut on the task bar, which I think accomplishes the same thing. When I click it I get this:

But that doesn't let me specify where the snip should be saved; it simply reverts to the standard behavior of showing the notification dialog at bottom right (assuming I have notification turned on.)

jbcarreon123: yes, that key combination does the same thing as PrintScren - which I find much more intuitive and simple - but the results are the same - the snip goes only to the clipboard and is not saved as a JPG anywhere.

Fabler2: what are those additional settings and how can I get to them?

RogerOver: What benefit is there to having a shortcut on screen at all? The way it should work is like this
1. Push PrintScrn to start the snipping tool
2. Select the area to snip
3. When #2 is complete the screen should return to normal with a dialog asking where to save the snip

Fabler2 · Oct 12, 2021

Birk said:
Thanks for all the responses - I'll give feedback to each below. Note that I was able to stop the notification window at bottom right from appearing, but when I did this I was back at square 1: nothing happened after the snip except it was copied to the clipboard; there was no way to save it as an image file. So I set the notification to On because this is the only way I can find to get the Save window to appear.

AddRAM: I get that same window, but only after I click on the notification window that appears at bottom right immediately after making a snip. What I think should happen is the window you showed should appear immediately after making a snip - but I can't find a way to make that happen.

Fabler2: If I turn notifications off for Snipping Tool then the notification window at bottom right does not appear and I get nothing on screen after taking the snip. This is where I started from - the snip is on the clipboard (I think) but there is now easy way to deal with it.

RogerOver: rather than do what you suggested I put the shortcut on the task bar, which I think accomplishes the same thing. When I click it I get this:

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But that doesn't let me specify where the snip should be saved; it simply reverts to the standard behavior of showing the notification dialog at bottom right (assuming I have notification turned on.)

jbcarreon123: yes, that key combination does the same thing as PrintScren - which I find much more intuitive and simple - but the results are the same - the snip goes only to the clipboard and is not saved as a JPG anywhere.

Fabler2: what are those additional settings and how can I get to them?

RogerOver: What benefit is there to having a shortcut on screen at all? The way it should work is like this
1. Push PrintScrn to start the snipping tool
2. Select the area to snip
3. When #2 is complete the screen should return to normal with a dialog asking where to save the snip

Where the three dots are showing (top right) in your image click on it and select settings in the dropdown menu. In the window that opens drag down the bottom of the window and use these settings.

Birk · Oct 12, 2021

Yup - that is exactly what I have done; my screens match what you show exactly. But that doesn't change the steps in the overall procedure: Push PrintScrn; take snip; snipping tool notification window appears; click "Select here to mark up and share the image; save file window appears; click Save to save snip.

Does your system function differently?

Fabler2 · Oct 12, 2021

Birk said:
Yup - that is exactly what I have done; my screens match what you show exactly. But that doesn't change the steps in the overall procedure: Push PrintScrn; take snip; snipping tool notification window appears; click "Select here to mark up and share the image; save file window appears; click Save to save snip.

Does your system function differently?

Yes as PrtSc is set to Lightshot for me. If I set 'Auto copy to clipboard off' and use WIN + SHIFT + S or the Snipping Tool icon in start then it goes straight to this screen without the popup.