Windows 10: Win key+Shift+S doesnt open snips anymore until restarting explorer.exe

Recently this week I was trying to grab a snip and nothing was coming up. I manually went to the search bar to bring up Snipping tool, and that wasnt there either. I had to redownload that. Now it seems to only work once or twice, then breaks again. To get it back I can either open task manager, stop explorer, and restart it. Or manually open the newly installed Snipping Tool, hit New, tap Escape, and now I can win+shift+s for the next few minutes. Then it breaks again and I have to repeat those steps to be able to do it again. Currently on Win 11, 21H2

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Automatically open Snip & Sketch editor after using snipping tool with Win+Shift+S

You can open the Snip & Sketch app directly in "new" mode by right-clicking the app (on either the Start Menu App List, on the pinned tile, or on the Task Bar) and select "Take a new snip" from the Jump List menu.

The Clipboard History feature (October 2018 update) will save and list all items sent to the clipboard, including any snips. These items can then be accessed through Win+V. The hotkey will also take you to the setup for Clipboard History if the feature is not enabled.

As for your other concerns, I am not sure of how to open editor automatically after sniping using the hotkeys. But the following information could be of use.

If you take a snip using Shift+Win+S, the Snip & Sketch App's notification should be accessible at the top of the Action/Notification Center side bar even if there's no pop-up. The Notification Center can be accessed through Win+A or through the Notification icon at the end of the task bar (Windows Tips). Clicking on the Snip & Sketch's notification there will launch the editor with the latest snip.

You could thus use Shift+Win+S for a snip, then Win+A and click on the notification to launch editing.

 

Snip & Sketch via Shift+Winkey+S doesn't auto-open snip editor

Amended above...

Note- this is one way to use Snip and Sketch to capture transient info that disappears if you click elsewhere on the screen. E.g. Tooltips, jump lists, start screen..

You may prefer this:



- which achieves the same without any notification.

 

Win+Shift+S not working anymore

I updated my Windows 10 to version 2004, and since then the Win+Shift+S shorcut for the new snipping tool doesn't work anymore. I have been stuck using the old snipping tool, I would like to know if there is a way so I can fix it.