Snip & Sketch overlay not appearing

Merkuri22 1 Reputation point
2022-10-11T18:43:26.167+00:00

When I hit Win-Shift-S, I get a yellow border around my screen, but no gray overlay, no crosshairs, and no option to pick the different kinds of snips. If I click or type anything, I appear to be interacting with the desktop normally, not with the Snip & Sketch tool. After a few seconds, the yellow border goes away on its own.

In addition, I installed Power Toys, and its text extractor tool appears to do nothing. I hit the shortcut combo (which is the default Win-Shift-T) and nothing happens. Other functions of Power Toys work fine (like Win-Ctrl-T to trigger always-on-top).

(I'm having other issues as well, but I'm focusing on this one for this question. I can elaborate on my other issues, if necessary.)

I have tried a number of troubleshooting steps, that have resulted in no change, including:

  • Reboot
  • Create a new Windows account (same issue)
  • Windows Update Troubleshooter
  • sfc /scannow
  • DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
  • Ran Microsoft Safety Scanner with a full scan (it reported that it found and repaired lots of things, but I saw no change in this issue)
  • Updated graphics drivers
  • Uninstalled and reinstalled the sniping tool and snip & sketch app
  • Temporarily shut down my antivirus program
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  1. Limitless Technology 44,506 Reputation points
    2022-10-13T07:55:16.56+00:00

    Hello there,

    It seems like you have tried most of the troubleshooting steps, let us try to re-register the App and see if that helps.

    1. Reset Microsoft Store through Command Prompt
      Type cmd in Windows Search box > Right click on Command Prompt > Run As Administrator > Type WSreset.exe and click Enter > Reboot your computer
    2. Re-register All Store apps (You will get many Reds, ignore them)
      Windows Key+X > Windows Powershell (Admin) > Copy the following from below and right-click in Powershell to paste > Enter > Restart your computer

    Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

    1. Uninstall & Reinstall Store
      Windows Key+X > Windows Powershell (Admin) > Copy the following from below and right-click in Powershell to paste > Enter

    Get-AppxPackage -allusers WindowsStore | Remove-AppxPackage

    Copy the following from below and right-click in Powershell to paste > Enter > Reboot your computer

    Get-AppxPackage -allusers WindowsStore | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

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