AZ Central

A useless button? No way ― 'Print Screen' on your keyboard actually does a lot

QUESTION: Why does nothing happen when I press the Print Screen key? ANSWER: The "Print Screen" key (abbreviated as PrtSc or PrtScn) has been around since the 1980s and is just one of many ways to ...
Windows Central

Microsoft is CHANGING what the 'Print Screen' key does on Windows 11 — here's how to ...

Microsoft is changing the default behavior of the "Print Screen" key In an upcoming update, the Print Screen key will be changed to launch the Snipping Tool instead. Luckily, Microsoft will allow ...
Ars Technica

Windows 11 beta changes what the Print Screen button does after 33 years

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 ...
PC World

How to open Windows’ awesome Snipping Tool with a single key press

You can take a screenshot of the entire screen in Windows using the Print key; the key combination Alt+Print captures an image of the currently open window. However, you can also set the Print key to ...