Prevent Snipping Tool From Causing Minecraft (Java Edition) To Alt-Tab/Minimize in the taskbar BEFORE the screenshot.

Question

Hello everyone. I'm having some problems with the snipping tool in Windows 10. A few months ago, on my old computer (60hz screen if that can help the troubleshooting), I used to be able to take some screenshots of specific areas in Minecraft using the snipping tool (by pressing Fn+Print Screen). It would automatically take the latest frame it could see & it would let me crop it, like it is supposed to do, and then it would proceed to minimize Minecraft automatically for reasons I don't understand but it wouldn't really bother me...

However, on my new computer (120hz screen), when using the snipping tool with minecraft (and the same keybinds, aka, Fn+Print Screen), Minecraft is being minimized BEFORE the screenshot is TAKEN! Which causes, for some reasons I can't understand, the snipping tool to take a screenshot of a previous frame that has once appeared in the game (I've noticed with some further investigation that it's the same frame that appears for the preview image when hovering your mouse over the Minecraft icon in the taskbar).

So I guess the problem here is that the snipping tool is minimizing the game to the taskbar before even taking the screenshot and uses the preview image as the frame that has to be screenshot by the Snipping Tool. I've no idea how to fix that but I hope you guys have a solution, it has gotten really annoying and I've no idea if it's due to me switching from a 60hz screen to a 120hz one or simply due to some bugs & updates from Microsoft & their snipping tool. Also, the same thing appears in Windows 11 (I've used that version before but decided to switch back to Windows 10)

Answer 1

This didn't help at all. The problem appears in Windows 11 and Windows 10 so my computer has nothing to do with that weird alt-tab problem.

Also, I've tried all those things before. I've also tried resetting the app, reinstalling it, I've tried the other keybinds such as Shift+Windows+S, etc. etc.

Answer 2

I didn't give you hardware fixes for your computer, I gave you Windows fixes.

If none of those help, including going over Windows to make sure the install integrity is intact which is what causes most problems, then I would report this as a bug.

If you want to report this as a bug to Microsoft use the Feedback Hub app in Start Menu where developers are tasked to process consumer feedback. They will not even see it here. Microsoft developers DO read feedback from customers that comes in via the Feedback Hub, so that is a great way to share your thoughts on how to better serve you as a customer.

Answer 3

Hello, I'm Greg, here to help you with this.

1. Does Game bar work to take video clips of games?

https://www.windowscentral.com/use-windows-10-x...

2. Try fixes for Snipping tool which may work for this unusual issue with Minecraft minimizing which snipping games:

https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-reins...

https://zcom.tech/snipping-tool-not-working.html/

https://thegeekpage.com/fix-snipping-tool-not-w...

3. Go over Windows 10 using this checklist to make sure the install is set up correctly, optimized for best performance, and any needed repairs get done:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back, I will have other suggestions if necessary.

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