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Traditionally, the legacy \u201cPrint Screen\u201d or PrtScn<\/strong> button on your keyboard has been what you\u2019d use to take a quick, easy snapshot of whatever is on your screen. Now, that feature is changing soon\u2014although you don\u2019t have to let it.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Microsoft began pushing Build 22624.1546 to the Windows Insider Beta Channel\u2014the channel for changes that will<\/em> come to your PC sometime in the future. That build changes the behavior of the PrtScn<\/strong> button. Instead of triggering the Print Screen function, it opens the Snipping Tool app instead by default.<\/p>\n

To be fair, the Snipping Tool app is quite flexible. It doesn\u2019t offer the one-click functionality of PrtScn<\/strong>, but the tool does offer a full-screen snip capability, just like the legacy shortcut. It also offers the ability to \u201csnip\u201d whatever\u2019s in your current window, the entire screen, or a custom region. Microsoft even plans on adding the ability to record video clips from the Snipping Tool<\/a>, so you\u2019ll be able to record a small video of how to do something\u2026 like a screen snip.<\/p>\n

What you may not know is that this functionality is already live in Windows 11, which also<\/em> allows you to turn it off. If you enter the Windows Settings menu, you should see Accessibility<\/em>, then Keyboard<\/em>. There\u2019s a specific option to \u201cUse the Print screen button to open screen snipping.\u201d That\u2019s most likely off by default.<\/p>\n

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In the future, here\u2019s what you\u2019ll see when you hit the \u201cPrint Screen\u201d key.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Microsoft says that it will preserve that preference even when the new functionality is pushed to Windows users sometime in the future. We suspect that won\u2019t be the case, but at least you know how to adjust it once it does.<\/p>\n
So, is the traditional PrtScn<\/strong> or \u201cPrint Screen\u201d function is going away? Probably not. On our test machine (a Microsoft Surface, which generally reflects Microsoft\u2019s changes), the \u201cPrint Screen\u201d function still works, although there\u2019s no \u201cflash\u201d to indicate that it does. Simply opening Paint and pasting onto the canvas using CTRL-V<\/strong>, however, works just fine.<\/p>\n
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Want to prevent Print Screen from opening the Snipping Tool? Use this Settings toggle to turn the behavior off. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Most users, however, don\u2019t like their established patterns and routines changed without their consent. Microsoft is<\/em> doing just that, but you can undo the changes if you like.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\n\t\tAuthor: Mark Hachman<\/a>, Senior Editor\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\nAs PCWorld’s senior editor, Mark focuses on Microsoft news and chip technology, among other beats. He has formerly written for PCMag, BYTE, Slashdot, eWEEK, and ReadWrite.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n