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

My plaudits to Jasell____ who seems to have stumbled on the solution to my problem. As described, I went to Settings ->Apps -> Default Apps -> Screen Snipping.

I had looked here previously and after scrolling a long way down to find "MS_SCREENCLIP", made sure that "Snipping Tool" was set as the default app which makes logical sense. But as Jasell____ suggested I switched the default app to "Screen Snipping" not really seeing the difference between these two options.

Then, on right-clicking the taskbar Snipping Tool shortcut and clicking "Take a new screenshot" and drawing the box, volià, the Snipping Tool editing/save window popped up! This is excellent news. This is the behavior I've been used to for some years in both Windows 10 and 11.

There is still the annoyance of Win Key + Shift + S not behaving the same way - it just causes the notification to pop-up which must then be clicked to open the editing window. But this has been the case in both Windows 10 and 11 for a long time but since I don't usually take a screenshot that way I haven't let it bother me too much.

And there's still the bug of the window not being positioned where I placed it previously - the Snipping Tool seems to have a mind of its own as to where to position itself on the display sometimes even very close to the top making it difficult to drag it down. This is surely a simple thing the MS could fix unless it's something peculiar about my graphics settings.

Still, I'm most grateful for Jasell____'s idea.

Shaun.

Hi Jill Paras

From your screenshots, it looks like the notifications and settings are correct.

According to my tests, the screenshot tool should be Shift (Left) + Windows logo key + S. Can you please try this shortcut combination to take a screenshot? If this doesn't work, try holding down Windows+S and searching for Snipping Tools >> then click New >> to see if a notification appears for the screenshot?

If none of these settings work, then we may need to consider whether your company's IT has made some changes to your computer and you could try contacting them.

Best Regards.

I have already done that. It is what I have been having to do if I need to edit/highlight etc something on the screenshot. Having the Snipping tool menu open first and clicking "New" does work to bring the screenshot up as a pop up window, sometimes though, not all the time. I will need to see if our IT people did change something else. Could some security protection be causing it? That may be what I need them to look into? In the meantime, where would I find the screenshot otherwise so I can edit it? Thanks!

This is not a corporate IT setting change...I manage all such settings and we have made none. This happens on all Win 11 machines that I have...at work, at home, etc. Have tried resetting Snipping Tool and nothing changes the minimized / background behavior.

yep and it is getting irritating because I am clipping all day long for my blog and this change whatever it was is not good, at least in my opinion. I love the tool, I just want it working as before. Hopefully MS will see this.

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