Windows 10: Screenshots not saving to PC or OneDrive

I can't find my screenshots anywhere. All of the threads I've read here suggest they're being saved to OneDrive, but that is not the case. My settings are set to store on PC and my OneDrive is empty. I have a screenshots folder but it remains empty. What can I do?

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Save screenshots taken using PrtScn to OneDrive

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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.



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Save images/documents to my computer WITHOUT OneDrive being in the link

We suggest that you change the Auto Save location to This PC only in OneDrive settings. To do so, follow these steps:



If the OneDrive available in the taskbar, follow these steps:

• On the right-hand corner at the bottom part beside time and date, click the up arrow to get the OneDrive icon and then right-click on it and then select
  Settings. Like the image shown below:
• Go to the Auto Save tab, Change the Documents
  and Pictures location to This PC only and then make sure there no tick for
  Photos and videos and also for Screenshots. Like what’s shown below:
  
• Click OK to apply the changes.
• Go back to step 1, go to the Account tab and click the
  Unlink OneDrive.
• Follow the step 1 once again and select Exit.

If the OneDrive is no longer available in the taskbar, follow these steps:

• Click the Start menu and type in OneDrive and then select the first result.
• Sign in with your Microsoft account associated with your OneDrive and then follow the instructions to complete the login.
  
• On the right-hand corner at the bottom part beside time and date, click the up arrow to get the OneDrive icon and then right-click on it and then select
  Settings. Like the image shown below:
• Go to the Auto Save tab, Change the Documents
  and Pictures location to This PC only and then make sure there no tick for
  Photos and videos and also for Screenshots. Like what’s shown below:
  
• Click OK to apply the changes.
• Go back to step 1, go to the Account tab and click the
  Unlink OneDrive.
• Follow the step 1 once again and select Exit.

Let us know the result of your troubleshooting.

 

Is Screenshots OneDrive By Default AND only?

Trying to get files out of a Onedrive dir where they shouldn't be I noticed my Screenshots dir. Which surprised me. Screenshots are on OneDrive? So I got a dir listing and I see the Screenshots Dir is listed as under Onedrive and also under 'This PC'. Which I've always thought of as two different directories, folders, whatever you want to call them. But it seems they're the same! What's that about? Isn't that misleading trickery? Can that be undone or something? Is it that there are recommended work practice that avoid that?