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  1. My laptop is taking screenshots on its own and saving the on OneDrive. Sometimes a few...


    My laptop is taking screenshots on its own and saving the on OneDrive. Sometimes a few pics, otherwise scores of pics per second get saved. How is this possible? Please advice.

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    JOEL SERRAO, Oct 6, 2022
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  2. Nikhar_K Win User

    Save screenshots taken using PrtScn to OneDrive

    Hi,



    Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



    We understand that you want to save the screenshots taken using Prtscn directly to OneDrive.



    We would suggest you to refer the steps mentioned in the article
    Save screenshots to OneDrive automatically
    and see if that helps.



    Let us know how it goes.



    Regards,

    Nikhar Khare

    Microsoft Community - Moderator
     
    Nikhar_K, Oct 6, 2022
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  3. My laptop is taking screenshots on its own and saving the on OneDrive. Sometimes a few pics, otherwise scores of pics per second get saved. How is this possible? Please advice.

    Hello Joel,

    I am Jaspreet Singh.

    One reason could be if your are accidentally pressing the print screen button on your keyboard ( or the key that takes screenshot for your device as this may be different) confirm the key that does this in your system and check if you are pressing it.

    For the save part OneDrive has an option to automatically save screenshots to its storage and it can be turned off via these steps :

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/save...

    That being said automatically taking screenshots is one symptom of a device affected by RAT ( remote access Trojan) if you are sure the screenshots are not triggered by your actions use a free version of malware and run a complete scan. Also check the applications that are installed in your system through control panel app list and also extensions on your installed browsers.
     
    Jaspreet Singh_050, Oct 6, 2022
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  4. My laptop is taking screenshots on its own and saving the on OneDrive. Sometimes a few...

    Screenshots no longer automatically saved in Screenshots folder

    For nearly 3 years, the PRT SC (print screen) button on my HP Envy laptop automatically saved screenshots in a folder called Screenshots. While I still have functionality of clicking PRT SC and can then paste the image by CTRL-V, the images are no longer
    automatically being saved in the Screenshots folder or any folder as far as I can tell. What changed and how can this be fixed? I use DropBox, not OneDrive, so please no suggestions re OneDrive. Thanks.
     
    FrustratedNYC-IP-Lawyer, Oct 6, 2022
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