About this tag
The Snipping Tool tag on WindowsForum.com covers the built-in Windows 11 screenshot and screen recording utility. Discussions focus on using Snipping Tool to capture rectangular areas, record screen regions, extract text with OCR, redact details, and annotate images with tools like a ruler. Troubleshooting threads address common issues such as Print Screen not working, the app failing to open, or the Windows key + Shift + S shortcut not responding, with fixes involving repair, reset, and reinstall. The tag also compares Snipping Tool to third-party alternatives like Flameshot and notes feature availability differences between Windows 11 and Windows 10, including version-specific updates and Copilot+ PC limitations.
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    Record Your Screen with Snipping Tool in Windows 11

    Snipping Tool can record a rectangular area of your screen in Windows 11: open the app, select Record > New, drag to choose the area, then select Start. When finished, select Stop, preview the clip, and save it. The screen-recording feature is supported on Windows 11 with a current Snipping Tool...
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    Windows 11 Snipping Tool: OCR, Redaction and Screen Recording

    Windows 11’s Snipping Tool has grown beyond a basic screenshot utility: it can now extract text, record a region of the screen, redact identifiable details, and hand an image to Bing for visual lookup. As Lifehacker Australia recently highlighted, the built-in app is increasingly capable enough...
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    Windows 11 Screenshots: Snipping Tool, Recording and Full Webpages

    Windows 11 makes it remarkably easy to capture exactly what matters—whether that is a small error message, a single app window, an entire webpage, or a short recording of an on-screen task. The best method depends less on technical skill than on the result you need: speed, precision, an...
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    Flameshot Speeds Up Windows Screenshot Annotation Workflows

    Windows users who capture screens every day often reach a point where the built-in Snipping Tool feels capable but not quite immediate enough. How-To Geek’s recent hands-on case for Flameshot identifies the missing ingredient: a fast, on-screen annotation workflow that lets a screenshot become a...
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    Windows 11 24H2 Creates 7z and TAR Archives in File Explorer

    Microsoft has spent years turning Windows 11 from a bare operating-system foundation into a more complete everyday toolkit, and three additions now make that progress unusually tangible: Snipping Tool can replace basic paid screenshot and screen-recording software, File Explorer can handle...
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    Fix Print Screen Not Working in Windows 11: 8 Tested Solutions

    Print Screen not working in Windows 11 is usually a shortcut setting, a screenshot saved to the clipboard instead of a file, or a Snipping Tool or keyboard problem—not a failure of Windows itself. These eight fixes cover current Windows 11 PCs, including laptops, external USB or Bluetooth...
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    Fix Snipping Tool Not Working in Windows 11: Repair, Reset and Reinstall

    Snipping Tool not working in Windows 11—whether it will not open, Windows key + Shift + S does nothing, Print Screen behaves unexpectedly, or a capture will not reach the editor—can usually be fixed by restarting and repairing the app, then updating Windows and Microsoft Store components. These...
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    Windows 11 Snipping Tool Ruler Draws Straight Screenshot Lines

    Paul Thurrott’s updated Windows 11 Field Guide highlights a small but useful Snipping Tool feature that is easy to miss: an on-screen ruler for drawing straight lines on screenshots. The “Show ruler/Hide ruler” control appears after a capture is opened for editing, alongside the pen and...
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    Windows 11 Snipping Tool: Perfect Screenshot Stays Copilot+ PC-Only

    Thurrott.com has updated its Windows 11 Field Guide entry on screenshots and screen recordings, putting the latest Snipping Tool workflow—and its Copilot+ PC-only “Perfect screenshot” feature—into one practical reference. The July 12 update is not a Windows release or a newly announced app...
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    Windows 11 Snipping Tool Text Actions Copies OCR Text Locally

    Paul Thurrott’s updated Windows 11 Field Guide highlights a useful capability that remains easy to miss: Snipping Tool can extract selectable text from screenshots and copy it to the clipboard. The July 12 update to Thurrott.com’s “Screenshots and Screen Recordings” chapter calls the feature...
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    Windows 11 Snipping Tool Makes Print Screen a Capture Hub

    Paul Thurrott’s July 12, 2026 Windows 11 Field Guide entry uses the “st-settings” attachment to document a deceptively important change in everyday Windows work: Snipping Tool is no longer merely a screenshot accessory, but the operating system’s default capture, recording, markup, extraction...
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    Should You Upgrade to a Copilot+ PC for Perfect Screenshot? Use Snipping Tool Instead

    Buy a Copilot+ PC now only if your current device is already due for replacement and you expect to use AI-assisted capture daily; otherwise, wait and keep using the standard Windows 11 Snipping Tool. Microsoft’s most interesting upcoming capture feature, perfect screenshot, is tied to Copilot+...
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    Windows 11 Screenshot Guide: Snipping Tool vs Print Screen Shortcuts

    Windows 11 users can take screenshots with the Snipping Tool, Windows + Shift + S, Print Screen, Alt + Print Screen, or Windows + Print Screen, with captures either copied to the clipboard or saved automatically in Pictures > Screenshots. That sounds simple, but Microsoft has quietly turned...
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    Windows 11 Screenshot Shortcuts (2026): Snipping Tool, OCR, Redaction, OneDrive & More

    Windows 11 gives users at least seven practical screenshot paths in 2026, spanning the old Print Screen clipboard trick, OneDrive auto-save, Windows-PrtScn, the modern Snipping Tool, third-party utilities, Game Bar capture, and Surface tablet button shortcuts. The interesting part is not that...
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    Windows 11 Snipping Tool’s New Features Replace ShareX, Snagit, and PowerToys

    Microsoft’s Windows 11 Snipping Tool has evolved from a basic screenshot utility into a multi-purpose capture app with color picking, screen recording, OCR, and redaction features now built into the operating system. That shift matters because it changes the default software stack on ordinary...
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    Windows 11 Drops Copilot Prompts in Notepad and Snipping Tool—AI With Less Noise

    Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 rethink is not a retreat from artificial intelligence so much as a retreat from AI everywhere, all at once. After months of pushing Copilot branding into familiar inbox apps, Microsoft has started stripping back some of the most visible prompts in tools such as...
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    Windows 11 Drops Copilot Branding in Notepad and Snipping Tool—AI Still There

    Microsoft is quietly doing something that looks small on the surface but says a lot about where Windows 11’s AI story is headed: it is stripping the Copilot label out of some first-party apps while keeping the underlying AI features in place. In Notepad, the old Copilot branding is being...
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    Windows 11 Insider Shift: Copilot Branding Removed from Notepad and Snipping Tool

    Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider builds suggest a notable shift in how the company wants to present artificial intelligence inside the operating system: less branding, fewer obvious entry points, and a quieter, more utilitarian interface. The underlying AI features are not going away, but...
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    CVE-2026-33829: Windows Snipping Tool Spoofing Bug Signals Early Patch Warning

    Microsoft has added a new Windows Snipping Tool spoofing vulnerability entry, CVE-2026-33829, to its Security Update Guide, signaling that the flaw has been formally tracked and disclosed through Microsoft’s vulnerability pipeline. The issue is categorized as a spoofing bug, which matters...
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    Microsoft Quietly Removes Copilot Branding From Notepad and Snipping Tool

    Microsoft is quietly making one of its most visible Windows 11 branding corrections in months: the company is backing away from the Copilot label inside core inbox apps such as Notepad and Snipping Tool. The AI features themselves are not disappearing, but the branding is being softened, with...