A new Windows 11 update is available in the Beta channel. If you install this update or a newer one, it will change the function of your Print Screen key. The new default function will now open the ...

The Print Screen key or 'Prt Sc' has been on keyboards since the dawn of desktop computing, where back in the 1980s, it would send stuff on your screen over to a physical printer to print it out while ...

PCWorld reports that Windows 11 Build 26300 now allows users to rebind the Print Screen key to third-party screenshot applications like ShareX, Greenshot, and Lightshot. This customization feature ...

A new Microsoft Windows 11 update marks the end of an era: Using the Print Screen (PrtScn) button will no longer capture one's entire screen. Now, it it will open the Snipping Tool. The Snipping Tool ...

Windows 11 has modernized many Windows features that haven’t been updated in a long time, including venerable apps like Notepad and Sound Recorder. But in a beta build released earlier this month, the ...

Microsoft is testing changes to how the print screen button works in Windows 11, causing it to open the Windows Snipping Tool rather than copying a screenshot to the clipboard. Since Windows 95, ...

Microsoft is planning a change to the default function of the Print Screen button for Windows 11 users. Typically, pressing the button sends a snapshot of what's on your monitor to the clipboard. In ...

Taking screenshots on a Windows PC is easy. We can use the Print Screen key on the keyboard or the Snipping Tool, which comes pre-installed on Windows. We can also use third-party screenshot programs ...

It’s the first big change to the Print Screen button in decades. It’s the first big change to the Print Screen button in decades. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering ...