Windows 10: PRNTSCR Print Screen does not copy to clipboard

As of yesterday, when I press the PrntScr (Print Screen) button on my laptop, it does not copy to the clipboard. So for example, if I PrntScr my desktop and try to paste it in MS Word or MS Paint or anything, it will simply not paste anything, or paste the last thing that was on the clipboard. If I open the clipboard and take a screenshot of something, nothing happens on the clipboard.

I know the physical key is still working because I have Dropbox screenshots enabled, and whenever I press PrntScr, it shows me a notification saying that the screenshot has been saved. Also, ALT+PrntScr seems to work, but that's only for the current window, and I frequently screenshot my entire workspace. I'm not looking for alternative screen capture software -- I like the simplicity of the PrntScr key.

This key had been working fine for me for the last year I've had this laptop. No software was installed or anything like that over the last couple of days. Any help is appreciated.

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Screenshots not being saved anywhere since upgradation to Windows 10

I found the reply helpful even though the replies are for Windows 8/8.1

In Windows 10, however,I figured out that windows+prntscr isn't saving my screenshots in the pictures->screenshot folder, just copying it to my clipboard, so I can paste it somewhere and then save it. But that should be happening
by just clicking prntscr .

 

print screen key

Hi

The Print Screen key does not immediately print the screen as it's name might suggest. Instead it copies an image of the screen to your clipboard. You can then paste this into an image editing app (for example, the built-in
Paint app) then edit, save and print the image as you want from there.

Some image editing apps have an option New image from clipboard - it does the same as the paste mentioned above though.

Alt + Prnt Scrn will copy just the active window to your clipboard rather than the whole screen.

The built-in Snipping Tool is a useful alternative method if you need screenshots.

 

Dropbox is probably interfering with Windows taking the screenshot. Here are two comments from the Dropbox blog:

1 dude: Wow, enabled it because Dropbox asked me if I wanted to and I thought it might be useful. I would appreciate the actual screenshot being copied onto the clipboard, not the link though. Wanted to disable it in OSX, not very obvious, got into a panic and came here lol. It's under Preference -> Import -> Share screenshots using Dropbox.

Another dude: That doesn't work though. I have it unchecked; I actually said 'no' to begin with. My screenshots no longer go to the clipboard.

 

Didn't know it would be that simple... Thanks for the tip.

It is kind of strange though, I've been using that Dropbox screenshot save functionality ever since it's been available, and again, this issue only started happening a couple of days ago. It's nice to have that feature, so any ideas on how to make it work without interfering with Print Screen? Would uninstalling/re-installing Dropbox do the trick?