Snipping tool on the print screen button

[Enocon]

"Isn't it about time that somebody put snippingtool on the print screen button?"

 

So I did.

 

SnipOnPrtSc.exe

Downloading and running the "SnipOnPrtSc.exe" will add a tray icon and remap the print screen button to open SnippingTool. To quit the program simply right click the tray icon and click exit.

If you like it and are bothered with having to run the .exe file every time you restart you pc you could just add it in your startup folder and it will run when you start your pc.

 

SnipOnPrtSc.ahk

I added the .ahk file so that people with experience in AutoHotKey can remap the key or do whatever you want with it.

 

 

final notes:

the source code calls

Run % A_WinDir "\SysNative\snippingtool.exe"

and not the one in your system32 folder like you would otherwise. This is due to that snippingtool are really made for a x86(32-bit) pc. and when running it on a x64 system windows will "emulate" a 32-bit when running it. (if I recall correctly) Due to this I can not confirm that this program works on a 32-bit system. I simply have none.

[Cruorzy]

Fun project? cuz Greenshot basically does this pretty good.

[Enocon]

1 minute ago, Cruorzy said:

Fun project? cuz Greenshot basically does this pretty good.

He asked for SnippingTool on the print screen button. and that's what he gets. I know ahk pretty well so it took me longer to write the post than the code.

[Cruorzy]

Yeah I just mapped the screenshot area selection from Greenshot to printscreen.

 

Same effect but with a bit more features.

 

Would love to see it build in indeed.

[DtrollMC]

I was thinking about this exact thing today. Now if only Microsoft would work to improve SnippingTool

[wasab]

I can do this on Linux without any third party software hahahha

gotta love the terminal