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> The original art app isn’t going anywhere – except to the Windows Store for free! Does it mean that from now on we would have to download it?

peterburkimsher 9y ago
I think so. That also means that for shared or strictly managed computers, it won't be installed or installable. No more screenshots on the hospital PC, then.
- landr0id 9y ago
  Snipping tool doesn't exist on hospital PCs?
  - Jaruzel 9y ago
    Centralised Group Policy Objects (GPOs) on the Windows Domain, can block any EXE that's on the machine, or a customised deployment image of Windows 10 can even be configured to not installed any of the built in applications. So yes, no snipping tool on a deployed installation of Windows 10 is a real scenario. Also, GPOs can (and do) disable the Windows Store. So moving MSPaint to the Windows Store does not make as available as having it pre-installed.
    - mrkrabo 9y ago
      If no Snipping Tool because of GPO is a real scenario, no Paint because of GPO is a real scenario too
    - praseodym 9y ago
      If a machine is blocking built-in applications, why would it have MSPaint available? Or is it an application that cannot be blocked, which would be a security vulnerability?
      - Jaruzel 9y ago
        I spent 10 years doing corporate desktop deployments of Windows. You'd be surprised at the crazy requests from the business regarding what they did and didn't want pre-installed.
    - deleted 9y ago
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  - jmkni 9y ago
    Context menus close when you use the snipping tool.
    - ralish 9y ago
      Hence the Delay option.
      - kyberias 9y ago
        Thanks. I've always struggled with this and only now realized that Delay-option in Snipping tool.
      - jmkni 9y ago
        Had no idea this existed. Still, there are times when you have a weird error you need to screenshot, and you know that if you move the mouse or hit anything other than the print screen button, it will go away. Paint made this scenario very easy to deal with.
- robmiller 9y ago
  Press PrtScn for desktop, Alt+PrtScn for active window
  - voltagex_ 9y ago
    Windows+PrintScrn now dumps a PNG to your Pictures folder.
- kalleboo 9y ago
  At the same time they're removing Paint they're bundling Paint 3D which does the same and more.
- hougaard 9y ago
  Shift-WindowsKey+S is the new screen snipping tool. Built right into the OS.
  - thaumasiotes 9y ago
    Huh. I just tried it. A snipping interface came up and let me select a rectangle of the screen. Then, none of the following things happened: - A message telling me where the picture went. - The picture showing up on the desktop. - The picture showing up in "Documents". - The picture showing up in "Pictures". But, I was able to recover the screenshot by... opening Paint, and pasting from the clipboard! That's not a solution that will be available on a machine without Paint.
    - jccalhoun 9y ago
      There is also the version of the snipping tool with a gui. you can hit the windows key and type snip to find it. I don't know if there is a quick keyboard shortcut to bring up that version. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13776/windows-use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13776/windows-use-s...
    - Jaruzel 9y ago
      You can also open up MS Word (almost guaranteed to be installed on a locked down corporate Windows machine), and paste the image into a blank document. For bonus points you can then right click the pasted image, and select 'Save As PNG'.
      - tonyedgecombe 9y ago
        Customers frequently send me screen shots pasted into a Word document, sigh ...
        Sleeep 9y ago
        I frequently get screenshots pasted into PowerPoint "presentations". Couple times I even got a photo of the monitor taken with a cellphone camera. I don't fault them for this in the least because they did what they knew how to do to accomplish the task and the task was accomplished effectively, I was able to see their screen.
voltagex_ 9y ago
Yes, it'll be a wrapped UWP app.
simplyinfinity 9y ago
most likely not. It will come pre-installed with windows but the updates will be managed trough the store.
criddell 9y ago
The cynic in me thinks they did this to try to get people to check out the store. I don't think I've ever even opened the store.

peterburkimsher 9y ago

I think so. That also means that for shared or strictly managed computers, it won't be installed or installable. No more screenshots on the hospital PC, then.

landr0id 9y ago
Snipping tool doesn't exist on hospital PCs?
- Jaruzel 9y ago
  Centralised Group Policy Objects (GPOs) on the Windows Domain, can block any EXE that's on the machine, or a customised deployment image of Windows 10 can even be configured to not installed any of the built in applications. So yes, no snipping tool on a deployed installation of Windows 10 is a real scenario. Also, GPOs can (and do) disable the Windows Store. So moving MSPaint to the Windows Store does not make as available as having it pre-installed.
  - mrkrabo 9y ago
    If no Snipping Tool because of GPO is a real scenario, no Paint because of GPO is a real scenario too
  - praseodym 9y ago
    If a machine is blocking built-in applications, why would it have MSPaint available? Or is it an application that cannot be blocked, which would be a security vulnerability?
    - Jaruzel 9y ago
      I spent 10 years doing corporate desktop deployments of Windows. You'd be surprised at the crazy requests from the business regarding what they did and didn't want pre-installed.
  - deleted 9y ago
    [deleted]
- jmkni 9y ago
  Context menus close when you use the snipping tool.
  - ralish 9y ago
    Hence the Delay option.
    - kyberias 9y ago
      Thanks. I've always struggled with this and only now realized that Delay-option in Snipping tool.
    - jmkni 9y ago
      Had no idea this existed. Still, there are times when you have a weird error you need to screenshot, and you know that if you move the mouse or hit anything other than the print screen button, it will go away. Paint made this scenario very easy to deal with.
robmiller 9y ago
Press PrtScn for desktop, Alt+PrtScn for active window
- voltagex_ 9y ago
  Windows+PrintScrn now dumps a PNG to your Pictures folder.
kalleboo 9y ago
At the same time they're removing Paint they're bundling Paint 3D which does the same and more.
hougaard 9y ago
Shift-WindowsKey+S is the new screen snipping tool. Built right into the OS.
- thaumasiotes 9y ago
  Huh. I just tried it. A snipping interface came up and let me select a rectangle of the screen. Then, none of the following things happened: - A message telling me where the picture went. - The picture showing up on the desktop. - The picture showing up in "Documents". - The picture showing up in "Pictures". But, I was able to recover the screenshot by... opening Paint, and pasting from the clipboard! That's not a solution that will be available on a machine without Paint.
  - jccalhoun 9y ago
    There is also the version of the snipping tool with a gui. you can hit the windows key and type snip to find it. I don't know if there is a quick keyboard shortcut to bring up that version. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13776/windows-use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13776/windows-use-s...
  - Jaruzel 9y ago
    You can also open up MS Word (almost guaranteed to be installed on a locked down corporate Windows machine), and paste the image into a blank document. For bonus points you can then right click the pasted image, and select 'Save As PNG'.
    - tonyedgecombe 9y ago
      Customers frequently send me screen shots pasted into a Word document, sigh ...
      - Sleeep 9y ago
        I frequently get screenshots pasted into PowerPoint "presentations". Couple times I even got a photo of the monitor taken with a cellphone camera. I don't fault them for this in the least because they did what they knew how to do to accomplish the task and the task was accomplished effectively, I was able to see their screen.

voltagex_ 9y ago

Yes, it'll be a wrapped UWP app.

simplyinfinity 9y ago

most likely not. It will come pre-installed with windows but the updates will be managed trough the store.

criddell 9y ago

The cynic in me thinks they did this to try to get people to check out the store. I don't think I've ever even opened the store.