Why does my snipping tool no longer bring up the pop up image to edit?

Anonymous
2023-01-17T18:05:38+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2023-02-12T08:04:05+00:00

    The problem is that ScreenClippingHost.exe is getting locked up. This happens to me as well, and I don't have a good solution.

    1. Find and terminate the ScreenClippingHost.exe process.
    2. Press Windows - Shift - S to initiate the screen clipping overlay.
    3. Drag a box to snip something.
    4. Notice that you get no pop-up notification with the snip.
    5. Notice that ScreenClippingHost.exe continues to run rather than being terminated like it should.
    6. Notice that the screenshot is copied to your clipboard so you can paste it.
    7. Press Windows - Shift - S again.
    8. Notice that you no longer get the screen clipping overlay.

    Killing the ScreenClippingHost.exe process will resolve the issue until you take another screenshot, then it will once again be stuck open and never terminate until killed or the computer is restarted.

    It would seem that something is going wrong with the attempt to present a notification to the user and the app is getting into some kind of deadlocked or infinite wait state, which prevents new snipping from occurring.

    This happens to me on Windows 11 Pro 22H2 22621.1105 Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22638.1000.0

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-21T03:06:51+00:00

    I just found a fix to this that worked for me.

    Go to Settings> Apps > Installed Apps > Snipping Tool

    Then Reset.

    After this it started working normally.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-03-21T04:37:46+00:00

    A Windows update eventually resolved the issue for me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-03-24T02:14:01+00:00

    have the same issue too. After clicking on new screenshot capture, only show red blinking on the taskbar.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-03-24T11:32:11+00:00

    I am always current on my Windows updates but the issue still exists for me.

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