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Why does my snipping tool no longer bring up the pop up image to edit?
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My Snip tool used to bring the image I captured in a pop up automatically, that I could edit when using the windows key & Ctrl S. It no longer does this? Is there a setting I need to change? I have to actually open the Snip Tool Menu to get this to work now. Not sure if some update was done by my IT people that changed this.
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JuliaMarvin 22,275 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2025-06-19T07:22:56+00:00 -
Anonymous
2025-06-19T05:58:52+00:00 I had the same problem as the OP - the popup (which had always appeared when I snipped) was not appearing anymore. I restarted my computer, and the popup appeared again when I did a snip. Simple fix!
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Anonymous
2025-06-12T17:34:03+00:00 I already figured that out and that is exactly what was happening.
Thanks!!
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Anonymous
2025-06-12T05:44:10+00:00 If anything doesn't work, check if 'Do Not Disturb' is enabled (System > Notifications). If yes, then turn it off. It should solve the problem.
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Anonymous
2025-05-31T18:04:55+00:00 YES! That fixed it for me! I have a new laptop and am still tweaking the settings.
Sometimes I just want to copy something, then have it on the screen to refer to for a moment, not save it. I had no idea it was saving all my screenshots to a folder! I've turned that off and cleaned up those files now.
There used to be a keyboard shortcut to open the snipping tool after doing a screenshot, but I can't remember it and can't find it anywhere. Does anyone know what that was?