Check how to use the Print Screen key to capture a screenshot so. You can then edit, save, share, or print the screen capture image. You can use this key to take a screenshot or screen capture. On your keyboard, you can see a Print Screen (or PrtSc, PrtScn, etc.) key at the top-right corner. It used to, but it appears that maybe a combination of Snagit updates and Windows 10/11 updates has broken that feature. How to Use the Print Screen Key to Take Screenshots. So FYI Techsmith team - the setting for having Snagit supersede and overtake the Printsceen key is not working. To locate your screenshots, open File Explorer from the taskbar. If your device does not have the PrtScn button, you may use Fn + Windows logo key + Space Bar to take a screenshot, which can then be printed. Would not do anything, despite Snagit settings. Depending on your hardware, you may use the Windows Logo Key + PrtScn button as a shortcut for print screen. When I did that, the Printscreen key was rendered useless. I even uninstalled the Snipping Tool app. Laptop has Windows 11 (latest) with Snagit 2021 (latest) - and same issue - Printscreen key will only activate Windows snipping tool.
One PC is a Windows 10 (latest) with Snagit 2021 (latest). Knocked OneDrive (already disabled the snip and save option), Logitech (don't use Logitech Options), any Snagit settings out of the equation. No matter what I do, Snipping Tool rules. Unfortunately, NO luck with any of the above. Does Snagit retain the Print Screen hotkey? Note: On some computers, you may need to press Alt + Fn + Prnt Scr keys, in order to capture a screenshot of the active screen. Once you've completely exited Snagit, please launch it via the desktop/taskbar/start menu shortcut. Once verified and set, please go to File - Exit Snagit before attempting to capture (please exit Snagit in this manner rather than the X in the upper right corner). Select Mode, or in earlier versions of Windows, select the arrow next to. Once Snagit starts with elevated privileges, please set the hotkey to Print Screen then verify that the option to "Allow Snagit to override other hotkey assignments" option is set int he "Hotkeys" tab of the Snagit Capture Preferences (via File - Capture Preferences, see here). The entire screen changes to gray including the open menu. Once Snagit has been fully exited and is no longer running in the background (you can verify in the Windows Task Manager), I would like you to go to C:\Program Files\TechSmith\Snagit 2021\ and locate "Snagit32.exe" then right-click on it and choose "Run as Administrator" as seen here.
Youll often see it labelled as PrtScn or PrtSc on your keyboard. If the Editor is open then I would like you to go to File - Exit Snagit Editor (rather than the X in the upper right corner of the Editor). Print Screen is the most basic way to capture your screen. Pressing the Print Screen key on your keyboard copies the entire (active) screen. This is the simplest method to take a screenshot on Windows 10. For those that are running into this issue, please exit Snagit by going to File - Exit Snagit (not by pressing the X in the upper right corner of the window as that will not exit Snagit). Method 1: Capture Entire Screen With Print Screen.