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

Hello Kristen,

It sounds like 'Automatically copy changes' is turned off. Open Snipping Tool, click the 3-dots menu and click Settings to check that it's On:

The other option I like to have On is 'Multiple windows' so that I can have several Snipping Tool editor windows open simultaneously each time I right-click the taskbar shortcut and click 'Take a new screenshot' that I can then look through later (don't forget, for the editor window to open automatically for each screenshot taken in this way, depends on an app setting: Start ->  Settings -> Apps -> Default Apps -> Screen Snipping. Click and then click again on “Snipping tool”. Click “Screen Snipping” -> “Set default”. I know it seems illogical to not set it to 'Snipping Tool' but there it is. Unfortunately, Windows has a habit on switching the link type back to 'Snipping Tool' seemingly after a Windows 11 update which is annoying as then the Snipping Tool editor window will then not appear without a second click on the notification at the bottom right-hand corner of the display - I now know those nine mouse clicks very well - I've yet to find a quicker way to do it).

I hope that helps.

Make sure do not disturb is off and notifications are on

The main reason isn't that I want to paste right away. It's that I want to save the image. The notification you still have to click on it to save it which is an extra step compared to if the window just pops back up and you can click save. Thank you for explaining how it works though.

tks. The tool worked fine until recently and I have been on windows 11 latest updates. I keep my machine updated because of security concerns. Hopefully, there will be a fix because I love the tool.

This might be related to a Window 11 upgrade, but this feature worked for me fro about a year after I switched to Windows 11 so it doesn't seem the change from Windows 10 to 11 was the issue.