I've tried all these steps and still getting a grey hue to my screenshots, started about a week ago.
why is the snipping tool giving a gray shade over all my snips since the last update? Even using the shortcut they are all dark. Now I can't use this function.
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Anonymous
Each time I use the snipping tool since the last update, the image has a gray screen over it. It's like when the screen goes gray before, but when you take the screenshot the selection looks normal, but when you paste the image, it's gray over top. This has been happening since the latest update and didn't happen before. Please help fix, as I use this several times a day, and now have to find a work around.
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Anonymous
2024-03-14T21:36:01+00:00 -
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John DeV 162.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor2024-02-26T21:00:24+00:00 Hi, good day! I'm John Dev a Windows user like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.
When was the last time it worked properly?
Please let me know if you have tried the methods below.
**Reset the Snipping tool app
Press Start then search Snipping tool
Right click it then select App settings
Click Terminate > Repair > Reset
Let's try to reinstall Snipping tool app via PowerShell.
Open PowerShell (Admin)
Copy and paste the command to uninstall Snip and Sketch app
get-appxpackage *Microsoft.ScreenSketch* | remove-appxpackage
After that, proceed to reinstall Snipping tool app
Open Microsoft Store then search Snipping tool
Click Install
or Install Snip and Sketch via PowerShell
Open PowerShell (Admin)
copy and paste the following then hit Enter:
Get-AppXPackage *Microsoft.ScreenSketch* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
Restart your computer
Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.
Kind regards,
John DeV
Independent Advisor
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Anonymous
2024-04-05T15:42:26+00:00 After dealing with this for weeks (between 3/7 and 3/11 it started), I saw this post and tied the fixes but it didn't work. For some reason I went to apps selected Snipping Tool, switched the default app to Screen Snipping, AND NOW IT'S BEHAVING AS EXPECTED!!!!
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Anonymous
2024-03-11T23:58:09+00:00 I gave up on MS snip. Try sniptool2.1 by reasyze.
Works great. MS really messed up this app.
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Anonymous
2024-04-03T11:47:27+00:00 Tried it, doesn't work. This is yet ANOTHER example of Microsoft changing something that works just for the sake of change then f**king it up. I am sick and tired of some bearded sandel-wearing Wunderkind in Redmond thinking she knows how I want to use my computer better than I do.