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On 28/02/2018 00:49, Patrick wrote:
On 27/02/2018 21:48, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
My (mini) keyboard doesn't have this key, so I have to use the
snipping tool :-(

If your refering to this type of Keyboard;

https://image.dhgate.com/0x0/f2/albu...2y4xjtw768.jpg


Then you can use 'Fn' + 'F7'

You're wasting your time on him. He hasn't got the brains to work it
out for himself or to follow your advice. His brain is located in the
wrong place; It is called "Biological Mistake". His mum was a street
worker on drugs so mistakes do occur with high concentration of drugs in
the body.



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On 02/27/2018 04:22 PM, ultred ragnusen wrote:
T wrote:

That is interesting.

Try finding a Widows equivalent of the Linux "which" command
and see where "snip" points to:

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/which.htm

My first thought was the $PATH.
C: path
REPORTS:
PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\Sys tem32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v 1.0\;C:\app\os\gtk\gtksharp\bin;C:\Users\x\AppData \Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;

dir C:\WINDOWS\system32\*snip*
dir C:\WINDOWS\*snip*
dir C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem\*snip*
dir C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\*snip*
dir C:\app\os\gtk\gtksharp\bin\*snip*
dir C:\Users\ultred\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApp s\*snip*

The command "snip.exe" isn't in the path.
I searched the registry also, for snip.exe, which wasn't found.

How on earth does this magic work in Windows 10?
Start Run snip

My Windows 10 does not respond to "snip".

So try downloading and install a decent search tool and
look for it. You may have two copies of the same thing.

I adore Super Finder XT, but be very careful how
you install it. It is full of junkware.

http://fsl.sytes.net/ssearchxt.html

ultred ragnusen wrote:
T wrote:

That is interesting.

Try finding a Widows equivalent of the Linux "which" command
and see where "snip" points to:

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/which.htm

My first thought was the $PATH.
C: path
REPORTS:
PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\Sys tem32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v 1.0\;C:\app\os\gtk\gtksharp\bin;C:\Users\x\AppData \Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;

dir C:\WINDOWS\system32\*snip*
dir C:\WINDOWS\*snip*
dir C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem\*snip*
dir C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\*snip*
dir C:\app\os\gtk\gtksharp\bin\*snip*
dir C:\Users\ultred\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApp s\*snip*

The command "snip.exe" isn't in the path.
I searched the registry also, for snip.exe, which wasn't found.

How on earth does this magic work in Windows 10?
Start Run snip

I have to type "snippingtool" in my Run box to start it.

Only Cortana here accepts "snip" as a call
for SnippingTool.exe. It then becomes the top
item in the returned list from the Cortana search.

Are you sure you haven't fitted a shortcut or something ?

Cortana is a Search box with Run capability.

Right-clicking the Start Orb reveals the actual traditional Run box,
and that run box should accept typing the full name of an executable.

Paul

"ultred ragnusen" wrote in message
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T wrote:

As both James and Dale recommend, I have to 1+ the
Snipping Tool. It gives you a lot more control.

Here is a great how to:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...re-screenshots

Try this:

1. Start Run C:\Windows\System32\SnippingTool.exe
or
1. Start Run %windir%\System32\SnippingTool.exe

2. Start Run snippingtool.exe

3. Start Run snippingtool

4. Start Run snip

I understand #1 because the full path is provided.
I understand #2 and #3 because of the magic of the AppPaths key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\SnippingTool.exe

But why on earth does #4 work?

#4 doesn't work on my PC. I get the standard "Windows can't find 'snip'.
Make sure you typed it correctly. . ."

#1 thru 3 work fine :-)
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SC Tom

On 28/02/2018 12:14, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:49:08 -0000, Patrick
wrote:

On 27/02/2018 21:48, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
My (mini) keyboard doesn't have this key, so I have to use the snipping
tool :-(

If your refering to this type of Keyboard;

https://image.dhgate.com/0x0/f2/albu...2y4xjtw768.jpg


Then you can use 'Fn' + 'F7'

No it's not that one.

OK

Win 10 Home

Snip in the "Type here to search" box works a charm, loads up
immediately and ready to snip.

Use the free "Everything" for file searches. No junkware and it is
super fast once all loaded up. Everything should be part of every
Windows OS.

However on my Win Home Everything says "snip" is not there so magic it is.

Everything find Snippingtool.exe in System32

T wrote:

My Windows 10 does not respond to "snip".

Hmmmmm.... my Windows 10 Pro is not customized yet, so it's bare bones, out
of the box, so, ummmmmm... why does my stock Windows respond to "snip"?

Even my stock Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 responds to "snip".

Maybe we're talking different ways of invoking it, as I use the word "Run"
out of habit, but neither my Windows 7 nor Windows 10 actually has the
"Run" keyword.

So I'm talking that search box at the bottom. The one that says "Ask me
anything" in Windows 10 and "Search programs and files" on Windows 7.

Is that where you typed "snip"?

So try downloading and install a decent search tool and
look for it. You may have two copies of the same thing.

How would it find anything more than does a dir /s/a/l/on/b?

On 02/27/2018 02:59 PM, T wrote:
On 02/27/2018 02:21 PM, ultred ragnusen wrote:
4. Start Run snip
...
But why on earth does #4 work?

That is interesting.

Try finding a Widows equivalent of the Linux "which" command
and see where "snip" points to:

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/which.htm



This is how "which" looks like in Linux. Windows
should match


$ which xfce4-screenshooter
/usr/bin/xfce4-screenshooter


$ which screenshot
/usr/bin/which: no screenshot in
(/home/todd/.perl6/bin:/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/home/todd/bin:./:/home/todd:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/home/linuxutil:./)

On 02/28/2018 11:08 AM, ultred ragnusen wrote:
Is that where you typed "snip"?

I typed "snip" into winr


So try downloading and install a decent search tool and
look for it. You may have two copies of the same thing.

How would it find anything more than does a dir /s/a/l/on/b?

Not framiliar with the set of options in dir.

Superfinder XT will allow you to enter "snip" and will
search ***everywhere*** for a file name with the fragment
"snip" in it. And do it fast too. I use the heck out of it
to fid missing customer's files.

Q: "Where do you store your Quick Books company files?"

A: "What is a company file?"

Superfinder, go find ".qbw"

On 02/28/2018 1:08 PM, ultred ragnusen wrote:
T wrote:

My Windows 10 does not respond to "snip".

Hmmmmm.... my Windows 10 Pro is not customized yet, so it's bare bones, out
of the box, so, ummmmmm... why does my stock Windows respond to "snip"?

Even my stock Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 responds to "snip".

Maybe we're talking different ways of invoking it, as I use the word "Run"
out of habit, but neither my Windows 7 nor Windows 10 actually has the
"Run" keyword.

So I'm talking that search box at the bottom. The one that says "Ask me
anything" in Windows 10 and "Search programs and files" on Windows 7.

Is that where you typed "snip"?

So try downloading and install a decent search tool and
look for it. You may have two copies of the same thing.

How would it find anything more than does a dir /s/a/l/on/b?


Find does intelligent autocomplete, even typing S will bring up snipping.

Rene

On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:33:10 -0800, T wrote:

On 02/28/2018 11:08 AM, ultred ragnusen wrote:
Is that where you typed "snip"?

I typed "snip" into winr


Click the Start button and type it into the search box. It's just the
first few letters of "snipping tool" and it will find snipping tool
with that. Even "sni" or "sn" will work.

ultred ragnusen wrote:

I have confirmed that the "snip" command does /NOT/ work with the real
"Run" box on Windows 10, which is what you've found out independently.

Actually it does work.

There's a Windows bug, I think, which made me think it didn't work, because
when I manually created an App Paths key for "snip.exe" pointing to the
executable named "SnippingTool.exe", it didn't work (which is strange
because I've been using that method for decades to create Start-Run
commands)....

But that presumed Windows bug is easily worked around simply by exporting
the existing "App Paths" key for "SnippingTool.exe" and editing the
registry file to create a new duplicate key named "snip.exe", and voila,
this command then works fine in Windows!

Start Run snip

On 02/28/2018 11:56 AM, ultred ragnusen wrote:
Actually it does work.

Fire up snip and trying opening up the task manager.
See if it will give you any properties that will
shed light on the issue.

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Find does intelligent autocomplete, even typing S will bring up snipping.

It was my mistake to say that the Run box found snippingtool.exe because it
was, as you note above, Cortana, which was finding the snippingtool.exe.

However, I found an easy way to make the Start Run box find the snipping
tool when you enter "snip" into the "real" Start Run box.

Export the existing "SnippingTool.exe" App Paths key, and simply change the
name of the key in the resulting text file from "SnippingTool.exe" to
"snip.exe" and then import that new key into your registry.

Once you add that new (duplicate) key (of the name "snip.exe"), this works:
Start Run snip

For clarity in the tribal archives, this is the /only/ difference between
the old original key and the new duplicate key you created:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\App Paths\SnippingTool.exe]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\App Paths\snip.exe]

SC Tom wrote:

#4 doesn't work on my PC. I get the standard "Windows can't find 'snip'.
Make sure you typed it correctly. . ."

#1 thru 3 work fine :-)

I belatedly realized my mistake, where #4 will work for you if you export
the existing registry "App Paths" key for "SnippingTool.exe" and simply
change the name in the text *.reg file to "snip.exe" and then re-import it
by doubleclicking on the *.reg file to create a new registry key.

Everything is exactly the same between the two keys, except the key name.

Original key name:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\SnippingTool.exe

Additional key name:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\snip.exe

Once you export the old key and import it as a new key, this then works:
Start Run snip