Why does the win+shift+s shortcut no longer activate the snipping tool?

None of the suggested fixes (most searches yielded lists of 4 fixes to try) worked for me.

However, I found this old post (https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/winshifts-and-winv-not-working-after-latest-update/2c4e8e7b-a1f3-4127-861a-df633ad394bc) which suggested the following - this worked for me, but only after a reboot.

I really didn't want to reinstall/reset my whole Windows setup. So I continued to dig around and actually found a solution that works.

From a administrator command prompt I first ran the following command:

DISM /Online /Remove-Capability /CapabilityName:Windows.Client.ShellComponents~~~~0.0.1.0

Followed by:

DISM /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:Windows.Client.ShellComponents~~~~0.0.1.0

Apparently reinstalling it fixes both the win+shift+s and win+v issue. Most guides only mention the last command above, which by itself didnt fix anything as it was already installed. So running both for a complet reinstall of whatever "ShellComponents" are fixed it.

Trying these fixes, however in this suggestion I do not see Snip & Sketch in the list provided.

Way 2. Make Sure Snip & Sketch Is Enabled

• Still, you can press Windows + I to access Settings window. Click System.
• Next click Notifications & actions in the left pane.
• Scroll down in the right window, and find Snip & Sketch. Make sure it is turned on.

Thank you for this fix, I had searched everywhere else and nothing worked for this problem.

It didn't work for me initially but I got lucky and somehow got it to work.

I would not recommend anyone else to do this but it worked for me, so if you are desperate you can try this out.

Do the following:

From a administrator command prompt I first ran the following command:

DISM /Online /Remove-Capability /CapabilityName:Windows.Client.ShellComponents~~~~0.0.1.0

Then run:

DISM /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:Windows.Client.ShellComponents~~~~0.0.1.0

HOWEVER , the difference is that while it is adding the capability (you see the 0-100% bar) I exited the command prompt while it was at roughly 14.6%. Then I proceeded to restart the PC. While windows is preparing for a restart, it took extra time to "Getting windows ready" so I'm assuming it is doing something in the background to fix what I did by leaving it at 14.6%. After this reset, I go back to the notification menu and I was able to start Screen snip from there and after starting it once all the shortcut keys worked again.

Again I won't recommend doing this unless you have no other choice as I don't actually know why it works and if it actually can damage your windows installation.

Hello Stripes84, welcome to the Microsoft community, I'll be happy to help you today;

I understand that the win+shift+s shortcut has stopped working;

Initially I recommend that you try the methods provided in the link below:

https://www.minitool.com/news/fix-windows-shift...

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Hope this helps, see you soon!