Now, in order to try your Windows 10 screenshot shortcut (with Snip & Sketch), try pressing the Windows logo key + SHIFT + s on your keyboard. That’s in contrast with snipping tool, because the Windows 10 shortcut for snipping tool will only work when snipping tool is open AND also the active window. Meaning that you can use it, no matter what window is currently active. This is important because Snip & Sketch comes with a keyboard shortcut that’s always “stand by”. Please bear with me while I explain about Snip & Sketch and how it will allow you to do what you originally set out to do with a screenshot shortcut.Īs from the Windows 10 “Creators Update” (which your Windows 10 computer should have received somewhere around March 2017), the snipping tool got accompanied by Snip & Sketch. If you’re looking for a way to create a Windows 10 shortcut for snipping tool, you may not know about “Snip & Sketch”. Choose the restore point at an earlier date where everything still works. Press Windows key+R to open Run then type: rstrui.exe. Windows 10 Shortcut For Snipping Tool vs Snip & Sketch Please try performing a System Restore at an earlier date where everything still works. Or it can just help you make meaningful screenshots more easily.Įither way, a snipping tool shortcut can make your life easier so let’s see how you can get one.

Windows screen snip shortcut