Solved Snippping Tool won't save

[eldinv]

Hello, everyone -

my favorite Win 7 app, the "Snipping Too", won't save any of the captures.


I can open the program, crop as I please, then the save box comes up. Right after you click save another box should open and ask for the location to be saved. This doesn't appear and so images are not saved.


What can I try because its a must have program, I don't want an alternative.


Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Golden]

Hi,

Can you please open your registry editor and check to see that the following is set as shown in the image below?



Regards,
Golden

 

[tman69]

I don't see any cropping tools for the 'snipping tool' program--I just save it to my desktop and then open in MS Paint or another photo editing app and crop it there

 

[Golden]

I don't see any cropping tools for the 'snipping tool' program--

I think he is referring to the 'rubber-banding' when you capture the image. The Save issue is often caused by the user deleting the My Pictures folder in the library.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I don't use the Snipping tool. I used MWSnap in XP and, after trying the Snipping Tool in Win7, I still prefer MWSnap.

 

[eldinv]

I don't see any cropping tools for the 'snipping tool' program--I just save it to my desktop and then open in MS Paint or another photo editing app and crop it there

Sorry I didn't mean to confused.

I don't see any cropping tools for the 'snipping tool' program--

I think he is referring to the 'rubber-banding' when you capture the image. The Save issue is often caused by the user deleting the My Pictures folder in the library.

Yes, I must have trashed it when I was changing win libraries from my C
to my Data partition.

Would you know the fix?

 

[eldinv]

PS... The whole USER Shell Folders is missing.

 

[Golden]

OK. The only thing I can think of is to perform a system restore prior to a point in time when you deleted them. Do you have system restore points before the delete?

 

[eldinv]

I got a Macrium backup, but like two images back and almost two months back. I would hate to revert to that time and have to reinstall my games and appz. I should have asked earlier I had been too busy with work and RL. But if I must I will, because the snipping tool is the best thing since sliced bread.


Thanks for answering Golden!

 

[Golden]

Hold on - lets see if someone else knows how to fix this manually. I'll ask around for more help.

Regards,
golden

 

[Golden]

Hi,

A Guy suggested this tutorial, and I think he is right. Create an image of your existing setup as it is right now, then try this to see if works:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18583-user-folders-restore-default-location.html

Regards,
Golden

 

[eldinv]

Since the whole damn User Shell Folder is missing, I read other things might have trouble saving as well. I'm going to revert back to my previous Macrium images then move the music and my pictures the right way.


Thanks for helping everyone!

 

[Golden]

No worries - let us know how you get on.

 

[eldinv]

Fixed! Trusty old Macrium never fails! Thanks again for the help.

 

[Golden]

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[cluberti]

Libraries are actually just xml files in the user's profile that describe what should be shown here - if you've got a backup you can open, copying the files from the backup over the files in the current user profile should fix the library. You might also want to make sure that the contents from the two registry locations "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders" and "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" match between backup and running system too, for consistency's sake.