Hi,
[Windows 10]
Assuming your pictures [+screenshots] folder is on an external drive and you take screenshots when the drive isn't connected. Where are they saved?
WinKey + PrtScn still flashes, presumably taking the shot. But I can't locate the images in any of the Temp folders I've searched.
Thanks
That's a curious choice- I wonder how it affects a feature upgrade- for example if your drive was not connected or allocated a different drive letter.Assuming your pictures [+screenshots] folder is on an external drive
You could see if there's anything recorded in your event log at that time.
But why would you (presumably) relocate such a folder to an external drive?
Perhaps they aren't saved anywhere. Perhaps it tries to save on the missing drive, fails and gives up.
1 You could always use MS SysInternals ProcMon to investigate this situation.
2 Why have you asked the question?
3 What are you actually trying to achieve?
Denis
Because it's a laptop and I have gigabytes of pictures. And to view or work on them when I need to on a different computer.
How do I check the event log?
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Ok.
1. No idea how to do that.
2. Because that's the situation I'm in.
3. I'm trying to find screencaps I took while my drive was disconnected.
Didn't expect this to be such an issue. For example, making screen recordings with Game Bar simply saves them in a temp folder if the save location isn't available. I thought it would be the same with Screencaps.
You've lost the ones you took while the drive was disconnected. All you can do is avoid a repetition.
I suggest you connect the drive, go to your Screenshots folder, right-click on it and relocate the Screenshots folder to your internal drive.
My Screenshots folder, just for example, is relocated to my internal drive [actually my Desktop folder, to which Windows objects but allows me to do it].
Denis
Like the title says, does anyone know what happens to WinKey+PrtSn screenshots if the save location is missing?
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