Win11 Solved! Can't take screenshot of right-click menu

This time, we will introduce a trick to change the settings for the Snipping Tool so that the menu does not disappear when you take a picture of the right-click menu of a file, etc.

In Windows 11,Windows key Pressing + Shift + S simultaneously or pressing the Print Screen key will launch the Snipping Tool, allowing you to select a mode and take a screenshot.

However, when I try to take a screenshot of the right-click menu of a file or other item in Windows 11, or when I try to select a mode, the menu disappears and I am unable to take a screenshot.

Specifically, you can no longer take a picture of the new right-click menu in Windows 11.

I checked it, butRight-click menu in previous versionsI was able to take the picture without it disappearing.

The Snipping Tool does not appear in the right-click menu, nor in full-screen games (as confirmed in Epic Games' Fortnite). (It may appear if you press it several times.)

This is not a bug, but a change in the specifications of the new Snipping Tool in Windows 11.

How to revert the Windows 11 Snipping Tool to an older version

By reverting the Windows 11 Snipping Tool to an older version, you will be able to take screenshots of the right-click menu and full-screen games.

If you operate the registry incorrectly, it may cause problems such as the system being unable to start. Please make a backup in advance using system restore or similar, and proceed at your own risk.

• How to create and restore a system restore point
• How to open and back up the Registry Editor
• Windows 11/10 Registry Basics: Concept, How to Open, and Internal Structure
• How to Take Ownership and Change Permissions in Windows 11 Registry
  

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2025/11/15 postscript:

The specifications have been changed in version 11.2508.29.0 (2025/10/14), and if you make the following edits, the Snipping Tool will no longer be able to be launched.

The issue of not being able to take a screenshot of the right-click menu has been resolved and no further action is required.

1. Press Windows key + R to open Run, type "regedit" and press Enter.

2. Open the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\AppXfeq5vwnakrw6cy02kzhq8ekhhsremh62\Shell\open

3. With the "open" key selected, double-click the string value "PackageRelativeExecutable" in the right column to open it.

4. The value data is "SnippingTool\SnippingTool.exe", so change it to "SnippingTool\SnippingTool.exe_" and click OK.

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5. Exit Registry Editor, right-click to bring up the menu, and press Windows key + Shift + S simultaneously.

This will open the older version of the Snipping Tool, allowing you to select a mode and take a screenshot.

Here is a video of someone actually taking a screenshot of the right-click menu.

Windows Update may revert the changed registry values. If this happens, please set them again.

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