[BUG]: Snipping Tool still can be executable via its keyboard shortcut about privacy.sexy

[fideliochan]

@undergroundwires IIRC, restarting explorer.exe was enough.

[undergroundwires]

Hi, thanks for the report.

It works on older versions but snipping tool is not provided as separate store app but as part of MicrosoftWindows.Client.Core (Windows Feature Experience Pack) on modern versions of Windows.

I will not add functionality delete this package. It includes a lot of other useful things and would have big impact to delete it. I think we can add group policy to achieve this.

But we can disable it:

reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Keyboard" /v "PrintScreenKeyForSnippingEnabled" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "0" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC" /v "DisableSnippingTool" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "1" /f

Let me know if it works.

We can introduce this as new script: Disable Snipping Tool as this tool is historically known to have vulnerabilities 1 and disabling would reduce your attack surface.

[fideliochan]

Hi! Did not work but thanks for help.

[undergroundwires]

Restart your computer and please get back if it worked.

It did not work for me until reboot but works fine afterwards.

I see that this is what control panel option (Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard > Use the Print screen key to open screen capture) does too. It sets HKCU\Control Panel\Keyboard!PrintScreenKeyForSnippingEnabled to 0 (tested on Windows 11 Pro 23H2) and does something else to not require restart explorer.exe.

I see that users of other screenshot software posted related issues flameshot-org/flameshot#1551, greenshot/greenshot#482.

[fideliochan]

Sadly, no still does not work.

[undergroundwires]

Thank you for coming back. Try this:

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v "DisabledHotkeys" /t "REG_SZ" /d "S" /f

After running this, try directly if it works, if it doesn't work, try restarting explorer:

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe & start explorer

If it doesn't work try system restart.

Check if it works, and feel free to let me know if restarting explorer or computer was needed.

[fideliochan]

Yes! After restarting it works now thanks!

[undergroundwires]

I will update the code in a patch release, did you need to restart the computer or was restarting explorer.exe enough?