The 'Print screen" button has a place on almost every keyboard in the world. But how useful is it on Windows? Not very—an image of your entire screen is rarely the best way to save something in the ...

To take a quick screenshot of the active window, use the keyboard shortcut Alt + PrtScn. This will snap your currently active window and copy the screenshot to the clipboard. You'll need to open the ...

You can take a screenshot of the entire screen in Windows using the Print key; the key combination Alt+Print captures an image of the currently open window. However, you can also set the Print key to ...

Microsoft is changing the default behavior of the "Print Screen" key In an upcoming update, the Print Screen key will be changed to launch the Snipping Tool instead. Luckily, Microsoft will allow ...

Windows 10 and Windows 11 include a tool called Snipping Tool that allows you to capture custom screenshots. By default, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s the first big change to the Print Screen button in decades. It’s the first big change to the Print Screen ...

Looking for shortcut keys to print screen? You might want to take a screenshot on your Windows computer for many reasons. You may be facing a problem and need troubleshooting help from technical ...

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The Print Screen button on Windows computers has been associated with screen capture for decades. A new beta version of Windows 11 now opens the Snipping Tool when the Print Screen button is used.

Microsoft is testing changes to how the print screen button works in Windows 11, causing it to open the Windows Snipping Tool rather than copying a screenshot to the clipboard. Since Windows 95, ...