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windowkey + print screen not working on windows 10

I'm using windows 10. When I try to take screen shot with windows key + PrtScr key, nothing happens. PrtScr key copies screen to a clipboard. Shift + windows key + s also works. I want to know why ...
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Win+PrtSc shortcut not taking screenshot

A while ago I deleted my default "Screenshots" folder in my Windows 10 "Pictures" folder. This is the folder where my Win+PrtSc screenshots used to get saved. I realized my mistake ...
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Surface Pro 4 screenshot filename different than it used to be. How do I change it back?

I have the screenshots on my surface that are in my OneDrive Pictures folder. They are formatted like 2017-06-27.png. The first one is 2016-01-10 but the last one I have is from August (2017-08-07). ...
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Why taking printscreen in games produce black screen?

Ever since I started taking screenshots using PrintScreen key I was unable to do so in games. To do that I would need to use an alternative like Fraps or Steam build-in F12 key. I was wondering, why ...
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Windows 10 anniversary upgrade - border around window screenshot

After the Windows 10 Anniversary upgrade, the Alt+PrtScn combo captures a border of some size around a window, as in the screenshot below. Is it possible to have only the active window captured?
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Prevent Screenshot in gnome using xmodmap

I want to prevent screenshots from being taken in GNOME using keyboard shortcuts. I need to do this by running a script in such a manner that it can be reverted later. I tried to do this using ...
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Modify PATH variable for X11 during log-in

I am working on some lab computers (read: no administrative rights) that, if I log in, I need to change the PATH variable as X11 starts. The reason is that I need to change the PATH variable at this ...
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Wine and the Print Screen Button

When I press the Print Screen button in a Wine window, Ubuntu handles the event. Is there a way to get a Windows-like behavior so that the screenshot is saved to the clipboard? This probably isn't ...
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Win10 Print Screen Set Up - Lightshot

I just installed Win10 on my new laptop and whatever I do, I'm unable to get rid of Win10 Snipping Tool. I went through several tips on Google in regards to this. Disabled PrintScreen shortcut in ...
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change printscreen hotkey from sketch to dropbox

When I press prtsc on my win 10 laptop it opens snip and sketch. Is there any way to change it and assign my prtsc button to dropbox? thanks in advance! I found this but I don't want to uninstall snip ...
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Windows 10 Print Screen does not save anything to my clip board

Using Windows 10 Professional, build 17134.765, version 1803. Asked a thousand times I'm sure, and one more time here. I am aware that Foo+PrintScrn is supposed to copy the image to my clip board ...
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How can I change behavior of print screen key to have same effect as win+print screen?

I found out that I could take screenshot and save them as image just by holding windows key and pressing print screen key. I would like to do this without having to press windows key. Which means that ...
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Getting a filename of screen captured file

Is it possible to get filename of screen captured file in OneNote or in Evernote? The capture only saves the date, but I want the title of the document also.
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