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Home»Computer Tips»Can’t Find Screenshots in Windows? Try These Fixes

Can’t Find Screenshots in Windows? Try These Fixes

Jabin ManandharBy Jabin ManandharDecember 18, 2022
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Losing your screenshots can be quite frustrating. Decided to view screenshots but now you just can’t seem to find them? You might have deleted them permanently or it is still somewhere there in your system. A simple fix would be to look for them in the default screenshot folder.

If you are not able to find your screenshots by any means, don’t worry, we have you covered. From checking OneDrive settings to checking PrtSc key, here’s how to easily fix your screenshot problem in Windows.

Table of Contents

  • Why Aren’t You Finding Your Screenshots?
  • How Can You Find Your Screenshots
    • Check if Screenshots Are Saved in Different Location
    • Check the Onedrive Settings
    • Make Sure You Saved the File
    • Search the File
    • Check if Prtsc Key Is Overridden
    • Provide Write Privileges to Screenshot Folder

Why Aren’t You Finding Your Screenshots?

There are various reasons as to why you are not seeing your screenshots. Here are some possible reasons:

  • Screenshots not saved in default location
  • Missed the whole key combination
  • Pressed wrong key combination
  • Screenshot only copied to the clipboard
  • Forgot to paste the image on compatible programs such as Paint
  • Default hotkey for screen capture was modified / changed

How Can You Find Your Screenshots

Now that you have checked the possible causes for not finding your screenshots, you can try the fixes below. 

Check if Screenshots Are Saved in Different Location

Even though the default location of any image file type is saved on the primary drive (in most cases the C: drive), it could have been changed. To check where you pictures or screenshots are being saved, you can follow these steps.

  1. Press Win + I to open the Settings app.
  2. Then go to System > Storage.
  3. On the right side, under More storage settings section, look for Change where new content is saved and click it.
  4. Under New photos and videos will save to, you can view the save location for your screenshots.
    Screenshot-location
  5. Go to the saved location to get your screenshots.

Check the Onedrive Settings

One of the reasons you are not seeing your screenshots is that all of them are automatically saved to the Onedrive folder. To fix it, you can go through the following steps.

  1. Open Onedrive and go to Settings.
  2. Under the Autosave tab, uncheck Automatically save screenshots when I capture to OneDrive.
    OneDrive-screenshot-image

Make Sure You Saved the File

It is quite normal to think that the screenshot is immediately saved somewhere after taking a screenshot. However, there are cases where the screenshot is only copied to the Windows clipboard. The screenshots are only copied to the clipboard if you use the following key combination:

  • PrtScr 
  • Alt + PrtScr 
  • Ctrl + PrtScr

Thereafter, you can paste it in a compatible program such as Paint and then save it.

The screenshots are saved to the default file location only if you have used the Windows key + PrtScr combination.

If your laptop keypad has a Fn Lock key, make sure it is enabled so that the standard Fn function is also enabled.

Search the File

After a screenshot has been taken, Windows saves it in the default folder called “Screenshots.” If you do not find it there, then you can search it by typing the filename in the Windows Explorer search bar.

After it appears on the search result, right-click the file and click on the “Open file location” option. You can likely find all the previously taken screenshots there.

file-open-file-location

Check if Prtsc Key Is Overridden

PrtScr is a default key in Windows to take screenshots. However, if you are using a third-party tool to take screenshots and capture your screen, it is very likely that its settings have overridden the Windows PrtSc key.

So, to fix this problem you can assign a different keybinding for that tool to take screenshots. 

Provide Write Privileges to Screenshot Folder

If the screenshot folder does not have write privilege then you will have problem saving screenshots to that folder.

Here’s how to check and provide permissions:

  1. Go to the Screenshot folder and right-click on it.
  2. Click on the Properties option.
  3. Under the Security tab, click on the Edit button. 
  4. Tick the Allow checkbox next to the Full Control field.
    Screenshot-folder-permission
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Jabin Manandhar

Jabin is an IT Graduate. Working for almost a year as a tech writer, Jabin has covered a gamut of articles, ranging from Windows troubleshooting, Android, iOS to Internet-related issues. Besides them, he is experienced in Microsoft Office programs and has written numerous articles on Outlook, Excel, and Word. Most of his work includes resolving various Outlook issues and general software fixes. You can contact him at jabin@technewstoday.com

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  1. Jodie on September 6, 2022 10:00 am

    So I tried all these options and none of them worked for me.

    Reply
    • jabin on September 18, 2022 10:46 am

      Hi there Jodie,
      Could you please elaborate on what you were trying to do? I mean, did you take a screenshot and couldn’t find it on your PC? Or you aren’t able to take screenshots in the first place?

      Anyway, first make sure your screenshot tool is working and taking screenshots. On Windows, most of the tools give a notification prompt at the bottom-right corner after taking screenshots.

      Also, in these types of cases, the SAVE LOCATION of the screenshot varies from one screenshot tool to another. Generally, all of them save their screenshots in a folder named “Screenshots.” So, open the file explorer and try searching for it in the search bar (top-right corner), and you will likely find your screenshots.

      Reply

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