Recovery of unsaved video of sniping tool ?

Anonymous
2023-10-20T10:50:36+00:00

I recorded the video using Windows 11 snipping tool and preview the video but after i closed it .
so where is my video saved cant able to find it?

i didnt particularly saved it because windows 11 automatic store the snips so its same for the video too right .
but even after searching the whole system several time I can't able to find the file.

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Anonymous
2023-10-20T11:39:31+00:00

Hello! I'm Jen, and I'd be happy to help you out with this issue.

Please follow these steps to recover the unsaved recording from snipping tool. Press Windows + R to open the Run command window. Copy-paste this path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.ScreenSketch_8wekyb3d8bbwe\TempState and press enter. It should open the Recordings folder from the snipping tool.

I hope this information helps. If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll be glad to assist you further.

Best Regards!

Jen :)

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-06-13T00:27:59+00:00

    yes, this happened to me too. How can I get my video to play?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-05T19:49:07+00:00

    Hi Jen,

    I was able to locate the video but when I tried to play it, it showed this error. Can you help me with this?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-08T17:13:08+00:00

    I found the video but it doesn't play what is the problem behid this is that the long video or what

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-16T05:06:55+00:00

    Hello! I'm Jen, and I'd be happy to help you out with this issue.

    Please follow these steps to recover the unsaved recording from snipping tool. Press Windows + R to open the Run command window. Copy-paste this path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.ScreenSketch_8wekyb3d8bbwe\TempState and press enter. It should open the Recordings folder from the snipping tool.

    I hope this information helps. If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll be glad to assist you further.

    Best Regards!
    Jen :)

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    I had the same problem. Also recorded the screen, saw it's preview but as used to find screenshots saved automaticlly I just closed the window and went look for it in the explorer but I couldn't find it. At the end, discovered I had to click the save button to get my recording saved but it was too late. I searched for the Snipping Tool in the Start Menu to see if was there any place/section in wich I could find unsaved captures but there is none. Got sad about the tool because there was a turned on switch for saving automatcally the captures. Apparently just works for image captures. But this solution worked just perfectly. Brought me exactly what I needed.

    Thank you Jen! God bless you!

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