Snip & Sketch tool not working - missing ms-screenclip protocol handler

Question

I bought a new computer, installed Windows 10 Pro N on it (version 2004), and now the Snip & Sketch tool isn't working.

When I click the button 'New', it shows the message "You'll need a new app to open this ms-screenclip link". I've tried the link to look for apps in the Microsoft store, but it won't find anything.

Upon further investigation, I discovered that on my pc, the protocol handler 'ms-screenclip' is not installed, while it is on my laptop. The 'ms-screensketch' protocol is installed, weirdly enough.

I've tried removing and reinstalling the app multiple times through the Windows store, but it has had no effect.
Any idea how I can add that protocol handler to my machine?

Cheers, CJ

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Answer 1

This worked for me:

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

Answer 2

For solving Snip & Sketch and ms-screenclip failure you should use the Windows Media Creation Tool

Download the application, then follow below steps to repair your windows installation:

1. Run application (You need to be an administrator to run this tool)
2. If you accept the license terms, select Accept
3. Select Upgrade this PC now on "What do you want to do?" screen and then select Next
4. Wait until creation tool download last stable version of Windows 10 and it's updates
5. When Windows 10 is ready to install, you’ll see a recap of what you’ve chosen, and what will be kept through the installation. Select Change what to keep to set it to Keep personal files and apps to just repair the current installation
6. Select Install to run windows installation, remember to don't turn off your PC during installation

Answer 3

There are 3 methods suggested here with no response if it worked:

https://www.windowsphoneinfo.com/threads/youll-need-a-new-app-to-open-this-ms-screenclip-link.408883/#post-2037453

1. Reset the app
2. Re-register the app
3. Reinstall the app

Borrowing from Alireza Sedghi and this post with a confirmed solution:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/ms-screenclip-link-missing-in-windows/4e6561e7-f3c3-4a1f-bca7-c7c6ede393c8

4. Use the Windows Media Creation Tool to do an "in-place upgrade"

5. You are using the old EXE version of the snipping tool on a server and a message is showing:

If you click the "Try Snip & Sketch" button while on a server, it will try to take you to the Windows Store which is not available on Windows Server as of Server 2019 and that error referencing ms-screenclip will show. Solution: don't click the "Try Snip & Sketch" button. Click "New" instead to use the tool as normal.

Answer 4

For those trying to get this to work in Windows 11 (I do not have Windows 10):

How this works (on my computer at least):

Pressing Win+Shift+S starts the "Screen Snipping" tool that then in turn starts the "Snip & Sketch" (a.k.a. the Snipping Tool).

Alternative ways to start a screenshot without pressing Win + Shift + S:

• Press Win + R and run the command: ms-screenclip:
• In a batch script run: start ms-screenclip:

Make sure that these settings are correct:

Go to "Settings → Apps → Default apps → Choose default apps by protocol", and make sure

• that MS-SCREENSKETCH is set to "Snip & Sketch" (a.k.a. Snipping Tool) and
• that MS-SCREENCLIP is set to "Screen Snipping". This is very important or else it wont work!