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Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11

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Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11

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I must admit that the appeal of windows 11 keeps dropping since the day of release. And this is another nail in the coffin. It's really true, this is the wrong windows, must wait the next one

I feel like it's actually a rare great idea out of Microsoft. Too bad the Shipping Too sucks eggs compared to flameshot (now available on Windows!): https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot#preview ;)

Oh damn that's something unexpected that I'll love!

Flameshot is so nice!

Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11

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The good thing about mspaint is I can close my eyes, press the windows key, type mspaint return and I can be reasonably sure it will open without installing anything. Edit spelling

Win-R mspaint, notepad, and cmd are burned into my brain for getting stuff done. Everything else gets in the way.

Win+R is kind of sacred for me. It remembers the last command so I prefer to keep simple things out of it.

It is easy to press windows and type mstsc and then press enter. This way I don't have to press up and down to get to that long command should I need it in the run command.

Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11

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Can you elaborate? I have been using GreenShot for ages now and haven't had a single issue with it. It works perfectly well on my 4K monitor. What issues are you experiencing?

The UI is tiny. I'm on Windows 11, which I'm sure is the issue.

Have you given ShareX a try? Also open source, but maintained, unlike Greenshot.
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