When you want to grab a picture from the screen in Windows, the program that is used by default is called the Snipping Tool. The vast majority of users capture screenshots with this application, making it one of its most popular functions. If you, like a lot of other people, use the tool rather frequently, it is highly recommended that you set a hotkey to it so that it may be accessed in an instant.
This will allow you to access it more quickly. Using the Group Policy Editor or the Registry Editor, this tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Snipping Tool as well as the Print Screen button in Windows 11/10/8/7. Nevertheless, if you find that you need to disable it for some reason, this guide will explain you how to do it.
How to turn off in Windows 11 Snipping Tool with using the Registry Editor
- you need to navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPolicies
- If you don’t have a “Policies” folder, you will need to create one. Right-click on the “CurrentVersion” folder, select “New,” and choose “Key.” Name the new folder “Policies.”
- Inside the “Policies” folder, right-click and select “New,” then choose “Key” again. Name this new key “System.”
- Next, right-click on the “System” key, select “New,” and choose “DWORD (32-bit) Value.” Name the new value “DisableSnippingTool.”
- Double-click on the “DisableSnippingTool” value to open the properties dialog box. In the “Value data” field, enter “1” to disable the Snipping Tool.
- Click “OK” to save the changes. You can now close the Registry Editor.
Disable Automatic Time Temporarily and Reset Its Manual Value
If you can’t take pictures with the Snipping Tool app in Windows 11, it may be because the digital certificates for the app are set to the wrong date and time. For now, switch your date and time from automatic to manual. Once the problem is fixed, return them to automatic.
- Select “Time & Language” and then “Date & Time.”
- Uncheck the box that says “Set time automatically.”
- When asked to “Set the date and time manually,” choose “Change.”
- Change the date by hand to October 30, 2021, no matter what time it is now. Don’t change anything about the time.
- Make sure that the Snipping Tool works. It should be fine now, so change the setting back to automatic in “Set time automatically.” The right date will appear on your screen.
Keep “Automatically Copy Changes” Enabled in Snipping Tool Settings
When you copy and paste something on your computer, the clipboard saves any changes you make instantly. If you can open Snipping Tool but it’s not copying and pasting pictures, make sure its “Automatically Copy Changes” function is turned on.
- The Snipping Tool should be open and running.
- Click the three dots to bring up the “See more” menu, which will take you to “Settings.”
- Make sure that the switch that says “Automatically copy changes” is on. You can turn off the other switches in the menu if you want to, but the “Auto copy to clipboard” switch should always be on.
FAQs
As you can see below, if you don’t like this change, you can turn it off in Windows 11 by going to Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard and turning off the setting that says “Use the Print Screen key to open Snipping Tool.”
The first thing you need to do is press the Windows key, type Settings, and then click Open. Step 2: Open the Settings app and find Gaming. 3. Click on Captures under “Games.” Step 4: Turn off “Write down what happened.”
Press Windows + R, type “regedit,” and press Enter to turn off Microsoft Edge. Get to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoft.” Right-click and name the new key “MicrosoftEdge.” Make a new 32-bit DWORD Value in this key and name it “PreventLaunchEdge.” Then, set its value to 1.
