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No "Screenshots" folder in the "Pictures" folder. How do I fix this?
Hello and hope this finds anyone who is reading this well.
I tried to take screenshots via the WinKey+PrtSc and the Fn+WinKey+PrtSc method. As expected, the screen briefly dimmed and then reestablished normal illumination as you would expect when taking a screenshot with previous Windows OS-es. (No functionality at all apparent via Ctrl+WinKey+PrtSc.)
When I went to locate the screenshots in C:\Users\*****\Pictures, there was no "Screenshots" folder. I tried searching for the folder and for the screenshots to no avail (though my search skills are rather novice, so I may have missed some obvious way to locate the missing folder). Screenshots will save to the clipboard through the two operable methods above and can be pasted to Paint. I tried visually searching numerous folders and hidden folders for the screenshots, to no avail.
So, I looked in the registry and found:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
The ScreenshotIndex DWORD value is "3".
In Win8, from what I have found trying to understand and solve this issue, you would also find an expandable string at this location:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserShellFolders
It required value data which pointed to the pictures folder (%USERPROFILE%\Pictures\Screenshots).
There was no such expandable string value present in my User Shell Folders location.
I never had this problem in Windows 8/8.1 and I realize things may be done very differently in Windows 10, so I didn't add the expandable string that the tutorial I was reading referenced in order to to fix this problem in Windows 8.
Has anyone else encountered this problem and solved it, or does anyone have a solution or theory of a solution I might try to implement.
Thank you very much for any help you may be able to provide, and even if you cannot help, thank you for the consideration you have given in reading through this.