PrtSc now useless... or maybe not.

re: PrtSc now useless... or maybe not.

Morgan — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:58:45 GMT

If you get this error message when you try to use Snipping Tool:

THE SNIPPING TOOL IS NOT WORKING ON YOUR COMPUTER RIGHT NOW. RESTART YOUR COMPUTER, AND THEN TRY AGAIN. IF THE PROBLEM PERSISTS, CONTACT YOUR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR.

Try running Office Diagnostics (Outlook -> Help -> Office Diagnostics). It fixed the problem for me.

www.microsoft.com/.../default.aspx

re: PrtSc now useless... or maybe not.

IanC — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:01:02 GMT

I tried the onenote suggestion but I get a completely white screen. If I capture the area (in white) where I want, I get a nice bacl capture. (Using Vista Ultimate on a 3 screen system with dual NVIDIA cards). Wouldn't mind so much if the snipping tool doesn't tell me that it's "not working just now".

re: PrtSc now useless... or maybe not.

rabidrobot — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:24:59 GMT

The snipping tool is not installed by default with some Ultimate installations (maybe others?). To enable it, go to Control Panel, select Uninstall Program then 'Turn Windows Features on or off'. Once there enable the Tablet-PC Optional Components and click OK.

I actually had to do this twice, with a reboot in between, but it is working now.

Beware of the greedy Script element

Infinities Loop — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:26:24 GMT

I've seen this problem a few times now, from a few different developers... including myself. I figure

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re: PrtSc now useless... or maybe not.

Bertrand Le Roy — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:56:09 GMT

mmh. Actually no, I can't get it to work either.

re: PrtSc now useless... or maybe not.

Tim — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:50:47 GMT

I can't get the menu capturing to work either. I follow the directions but no option to see the captured menu in the edit view. Any Help?

re: PrtSc now useless... or maybe not.

Bertrand Le Roy — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:23:50 GMT

Sure, Rick, absolutely. I knew you were going to say that :)

Feel free to post a link to SnagIt and your Live Writer plug-in.

re: PrtSc now useless... or maybe not.

Rick Strahl — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:18:46 GMT

That's better than Ctrl-PrtScn but it's no SnagIt <s>... Particularily what's really missing is the ability to select child windows inside of a larger window...

If you use SnagIt and Live Writer together I wrote a SnagIt screen capture plug in that make the process fully automatic (ie. no dumping to file and then manually importing the image into Writer). http://www.west-wind.com/tools/snagitlivewriterplugin.asp

re: PrtSc now useless... or maybe not.

dmurillo — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:21:50 GMT

You can also try this for really nice Aero Glass on your screenshots!

http://www.windowclippings.com/

Kenny has done a nice job