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.

Windows 11 beta changes what the Print Screen button does after 33 years Key now opens the Snipping Tool by default rather than copying to the clipboard.

Microsoft is poised to make the first major change to Print Screen functionality in years. In the latest Insider builds of Windows 11, the Print Screen button activates the built-in Snipping Tool.

Soon, pressing the Print Screen button in Windows 11 could launch the Snipping Tool instead of sending a screenshot to your clipboard.

Windows offers several built-in ways to take screenshots. Sure, you can just hit the Prt Scrn button on your keyboard to ...

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.

To take a screenshot, just tap on the Print Screen button and your on-screen content gets saved to your clipboard.

The above-mentioned Print Screen key method and the Win+PrtScn key combination copy the entire screen to the clipboard. But what if you only want to copy the active window?

Using the Print Screen Key and pasting the captured screenshot still works in Windows 11, but you have other options that are easier and more convenient.

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