Windows 10: Regarding snip & sketch

I have been greatly enjoying having snip and sketch tied to the print screen key. However when an application such as a video game is open, it seems like print screen goes back to it's basic function. Is there any way to give snip & sketch priority when such applications are open and active?

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Sketch and Snip

As we are working as a IT support for the secure project, we need to disable the sketch and snip in windows 10 20h2 as well as in 21h2.

We have tried to add the registry keys for DisabledHotKeys as well as NoWinKeys, and we have turned off the hotkeys from the gpedit.msc.

But it is helping to disable the hotkeys only but not the sketch and snip. There are different ways to open the sketch and snip.

1) If we disabled the hotkeys, we are able to open the sketch and snip from start.

2) We are able to open the sketch and snip from the quick actions which is inside the notification bar.

3) We are able to open the sketch and snip by using the command explorer ms-screenclip:

Please suggest here to disable or remove the sketch and snip completely from the Windows 10.

 

Snip and Sketch

Hello johnbuck4,

I'm Jin, a fellow Windows 10 user and an independent advisor.

I can see that some features or functions in Snip & Sketch isn't working. Here's a similar thread to your concern, follow the steps provided by Vijay_Verma to troubleshoot the issue:

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

Kind regards.

 

Snip and Sketch not working

Hello Miko7_,

Good day! I'm a Windows user like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

Please try the following methods below.

**Update Snip and Sketch app

Open Microsoft Store then click Library

Update Snip and Sketch or click Update all

**Reset the Snip and Sketch app

Press Start then search Apps and Features

Search and click "Snip and Sketch" app in the list

Click Advanced options > Reset

Let's try to reinstall Snip and Sketch app via PowerShell.

Press Windows key+X then select PowerShell(Admin)

Copy and paste the command to uninstall Snip and Sketch app

get-appxpackage *Microsoft.ScreenSketch* | remove-appxpackage

After that, Proceed to reinstall Snip and Sketch app

Open Microsoft Store then search Snip and Sketch

Click Install

or Install Snip and Sketch via PowerShell

Press Windows key+X then select PowerShell(Admin)

Copy and paste the following then hit Enter:

Get-AppXPackage *Microsoft.ScreenSketch* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Make sure to restart your computer

Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

Kind regards,



Independent Advisor