Snip & Sketch via Shift+Winkey+S doesn't save snip

I've been a long-time user of the snipping tool and recently it started informing me that soon it will go away and it offers me a link to try snip & sketch.

When I follow that link inside the old snipping tool, all is good (as it is if I follow the shortcut on the start menu). I can snip a selection and it automatically goes into edit-the-snip mode where you can annotate it or crop it and have the option to save what you snipped.

But, if I do Shift+Winkey+S, although I do get a dimmed screen and the ability to snip, what then happens is ... nothing. It doesn't take what was snipped into the edit-the-snip mode, it just disappears. It may have copied it into the clipboard, I haven't looked because that's irrelevant. I want to edit the snip before saving.

You might see if this tutorial helps - Take a Screen Snip with Snip & Sketch in Windows 10

I don't use Snip & Sketch, I jut use the Snip tool.

Good luck.

Well I'm glad you found the link helpful and found a solution.

Peace

d4005 said:

But, if I do Shift+Winkey+S, although I do get a dimmed screen and the ability to snip, what then happens is ... nothing

I get an Acton Centre notification. I would guess you have the relevant notification turned off. One click on that notification opens Snip and Sketch again with the clip shown.

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.

That's already been discussed in Brinks tutorial I linked to