{"id":69820,"date":"2024-11-28T09:57:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T09:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/?p=69820"},"modified":"2024-11-28T09:57:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T09:57:12","slug":"how-to-enable-the-snipping-tool-to-launch-with-the-print-screen-prtscn-button-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/how-to-enable-the-snipping-tool-to-launch-with-the-print-screen-prtscn-button-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How to enable the Snipping Tool to launch with the Print Screen (PrtScn) button in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To enable the <strong>Snipping Tool<\/strong> to launch with the <strong>Print Screen (PrtScn)<\/strong> button in Windows 11, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list has-palette-color-5-background-color has-background\">\n<li><strong>Open Settings<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Right-click on the Start button and select <strong>Settings<\/strong>, or press <code>Windows + I<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Navigate to Accessibility<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the Settings window, click on <strong>Accessibility<\/strong> in the left sidebar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Select Keyboard<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Scroll down and click on <strong>Keyboard<\/strong> under the Interaction section.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enable Print Screen Key for Snipping<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Find the option labeled <strong>Use the Print screen button to open screen snipping<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toggle the switch to <strong>On<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gtech-migrated-from-ad-inserter-placement-2\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-902893730\"><div style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-2050697267\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/linkout\/75343\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" aria-label=\"jesdphis\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/08\/jesdphis.avif\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/08\/jesdphis.avif 1179w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/08\/jesdphis-768x950.avif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1179px) 100vw, 1179px\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><p>Once this setting is enabled, pressing the <strong>Print Screen<\/strong> key will open the Snipping Tool, allowing you to take screenshots of selected areas of your screen directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to configure your Prt Sc button to perform screen captures on click in Windows 11\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ola7Ya-ALQw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undoing the configuration <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you want to disable this feature later, simply follow the same steps and toggle the switch to <strong>Off<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In some cases, you may need to restart your computer for changes to take effect<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"cls has-palette-color-14-color has-palette-color-1-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-199867ac86fd3278f306648d87236e41\">The <code>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-palette-color-11-color\">PrtScn<\/mark>)<\/code> button is helpful when you have a need to take a picture of your current view for one purpose or another. Binding the button to the act provide you a quick and easy avenue to printing the screen whenever the need arises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Information \u2139<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/i\/snipping-tool\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2496\">Snipping Tool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"gtech-end-cont\" id=\"gtech-1391866106\"><div style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-2587330411\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/linkout\/75343\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" aria-label=\"jesdphis\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/08\/jesdphis.avif\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/08\/jesdphis.avif 1179w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/08\/jesdphis-768x950.avif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1179px) 100vw, 1179px\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To enable the Snipping Tool to launch with the Print Screen (PrtScn) button in Windows 11, follow these steps: Once this setting is enabled, pressing the Print Screen key will open the Snipping Tool, allowing you to take screenshots of selected areas of your screen directly. Undoing the configuration The (PrtScn) button is helpful when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":72709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2490,1594,888],"class_list":["post-69820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-snipping-tool","tag-windows-11","tag-windows"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}