Current window screenshots on HP Omen laptop

[KimberlyF]

Windows key + FN + PRT SC will take a screen shot of the entire screen (or screens as I have two monitors hooked up to my laptop.  What key combination do I use to take just a screen shot of the current window?  I have tried  Alt + Prt Sc  which is what worked on several of my previous computers.  I have also tried  FN+Alt+Prt Sc and Windows key + FN+Alt+Prt Sc. 

I have tried these combos and then pasted the result into Paint and I still only get all windows/screens. 

I have tried disabling Game Bar.

[iomare]

Hi,

The combination should be Alt+PRT SC or Alt+FN+PRT SC

If this does not work you could try WinKey + Shift + S which will grey out your screens and you can choose what part of the screen to save to clipboard which you can then paste in paint or other application.

You can also use snipping tool by clicking on start and type snip... which is small application to take part of the screen and save as image.

Hope it helps,

David

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[KimberlyF]

It should be Alt+FN+PRT SC, it does put the pic into the clipboard, but doesn't put a file into the screen shots folder.   Has this feature been disabled on the HP Omens?  Is there some other program that I should be looking for that could be interfering? 

[iomare]

Hi,

Have you tried pressing WinKey + Prt SC  which saves a file to your pictures folder (screenshots)

Regards,

David

[KimberlyF]

FN + Windows + PRT SC will place a file in my screenshots folder.  This file is my entire screen of however many windows are open on BOTH monitors.  

FN + ALT + PRT SC will take the active window screenshot which then has to be pasted somewhere and then saved as a file.  This is extra steps. 

What I am unable to do, is get the FN + ALT+ PRT SC function to place a file in the screenshot folder. 

Cheers, 

Kimberly

[KimberlyF · Accepted solution]

I've figured it out.  Having ALT + PRT SC save a file to a screenshot folder turned out to be a function of Dropbox.   I pulled out my old laptop and took an ALT PRT SC and noticed that the popup said I saved a file to my DROPBOX folder which is different from the screenshot folder under This PC/Pictures/Screenshots. 

https://www.dropbox.com/help/photos-videos/screenshots

I had this enabled on my previous computer.  I enabled it on my HP Omen and now it works like I want it to.  Windows would save the generic PRT SC file to This PC/Pictures/Screenshots but not the ALT PRT SC.  This Dropbox feature will save all screenshots to your Dropbox/Screenshots folder. 

What a relief to have this working again!

Cheers, 
Kimberly