Security News > 2023 > April > Windows 11 changing Print Screen to open Snipping Tool by default
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, pressing the print screen keyboard button in Windows would create a screenshot of the current screen and copy it to the clipboard.
As reported by Windows Latest, Microsoft is now testing a change in Windows 11 Beta preview builds 22621.
With this change, pressing the print screen button will no longer copy the screenshot into the Windows clipboard.
Instead, it will open the Windows Snipping Tool, allowing you to create an image using the built-in screenshot tool.
Thankfully, for people who do not like this change, like me, you can disable it in the Windows 11 Settings by going to Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard and toggling off the 'Use the Print Screen key to open Snipping Tool' setting, shown below.