My Windows key + print screen stopped working in 8.1

if Win+Print Screen does not work, then try Win+Fn+Print Screen.

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Take a screen capture (print your screen)

Hi OzGaryOz,

Did the combination keys work before ?

Have you tried to use the Win+Fn+Print  combination to have a check ?Will the other key combinations work ?

To verify whether it is caused by the keyboard ,we can open the onscreen keyboard to have a check .(Search "OnScreen keyboard" directly).

As a work around ,we can try to use the built-in snipping tool (Search "Snipping tool")and pin it to the taskbar (for convenience).

Best regards

My Windows key + print screen stopped working in 8.1

 

If the problem is the Print Screen functionality itself I would try running ProcMon to see what is happening.  Filtering on  Path Contains Screenshots  might be illuminating.   <eg>

If  shell:Screenshots  doesn't open you would have an explanation too.  (Not shell:Pictures?  Who knew?)  Then if that didn't work, I imagine there would be some failed registry events to be looked at.  Compare with a trace of that command working so you don't have to think too hard about what you are seeing.   <eg>

 

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