Very often, a user of a computer with a preinstalled Windows 7/10 system is faced with the task of taking a screenshot of the screen. On a stationary PC and laptop, this issue is solved very simply, just press the Print Screen key ( Prt Scr or Print Screen on the keyboard) or keyboard shortcut Alt+Prt Scr(takes a screenshot of only the active window), and then using the combination ctrl+v paste the image saved on the clipboard into any graphics editor, for example, Paint. But what to do if you need to take a screenshot on a tablet, or on a computer on which, for some reason. The answer is obvious - use specialized programs for creating screenshots.
One such program is the Scissors tool built into Windows. In this article, we will consider the main nuances associated with launching the application and subsequent work with it.
How to download Scissors
Since the program is included in the list of standard Windows applications, it must be present on the computer by default, i. No additional download or installation is required. If you cannot find Scissors on the Desktop or in the Start menu, then most likely the shortcut was simply deleted, but the program executable file itself has not gone away. To verify this, go to the Explorer at the address C:/Windows/System32 and find the file in the folder SnippingTool.exe. This is our Scissors.
Right-click on the desired icon and select "Pin to Start Menu" or "Send to - Desktop (create shortcut)". That's it, now you can easily launch the application using the created shortcuts.
In the event that the required exe file is missing in the System32 folder, this means that someone inadvertently deleted it. There are two options for further action - copy the file from any other computer running Windows, or try to search for it on the Internet.
Ways to launch the Scissors tool
There are several ways to open the application.
Windows search bar
In the search bar, enter "Scissors" and click on the result found.
Start menu
Open the "Start" menu and in the "All Programs - Accessories" section, click on the desired line "Scissors".
Line "Run"
Select "Run" from the "Start" menu, and then in the window that opens, enter "SnippingTool", then click "OK".
Conductor
We already know this way. We pass along the path C:/Windows/System32 and double click on the file SnippingTool.exe.
You can also create a shortcut on the Desktop and launch Scissors from there.
Application functionality
The program has a simple interface with a basic set of functions.
Before you take a picture, you need to define the capture area. To do this, click the down arrow next to the "Create" button. The drop-down list offers Freeform, Rectangle, Window, and Full Screen options.
In some versions of Scissors, the initial window also allows you to set a delay of up to 5 seconds - a very useful option in certain cases.
After setting the preliminary settings, you can go directly to creating screenshots. We press the "Create" button and perform the necessary mouse manipulations - either select the desired area, or simply click on the space outlined by a thin red frame. A snapshot will appear in the window, which can be saved in any of the popular formats.
Screenshots are a convenient means of showing what is happening on the screen. They can be used to explain how computer programs work, cut out parts of web pages, save frames from movies, and more. In the latest versions of Windows, in addition to the PrtScrn key, which allows you to take a screenshot of the entire screen, there is a built-in Scissors tool with a small set of useful functions. For those who want to take advantage of even more functionality when working with screenshots, there is a set of products that not only take a screenshot, but also have extensive post-processing capabilities.
Where to Find Free Windows Scissors
We will briefly describe two free tools, the functionality of which is enough for office and home needs.
Windows scissors
They are included in the standard delivery of the OS, are easy to use, although they provide little functionality - the ability to take a picture of an arbitrary area, window, screen and rectangle, draw / write with several types of pens, erase what has been written, save files to disk in three formats: JPG, PNG and GIF .
You can find Windows Scissors like this: Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Scissors.
After launching the Scissors, you need to select one of the screenshot types (the drop-down menu next to the button "Create"): "Full screen", "Window", "Rectangle" or "Free form".
To create a screenshot of an arbitrary shape, you need to outline the border with the mouse with the left button pressed, after which a window with a screenshot will appear.
In most cases, you will have to capture either a rectangular area or a window - Scissors do an excellent job with this task.
After creating a snapshot, the user has several options: save it to disk (1), copy it to the clipboard (2), send it by mail (3), write / draw something with a pen (4) or pencil (5) and erase what has been written (6).
Working with all functions is intuitive and does not differ from the standards set in Windows, so taking a screenshot should not cause any questions for an average user. The only difficulty may arise with writing by hand or drawing - for this it is better to use a special tablet, not a mouse.
Screen scissors
The program of the domestic developer. Can take screenshots of the selected area, provides the ability to draw / write on the screenshot by hand, erase what is written. Saves a snapshot to a computer or to the developer's site (stored for 72 hours). The screenshot is only saved in JPG format.
Screen scissors provide minimal functionality, but do not require installation - the program can be run from a USB flash drive. There is no interface as such, since switching between editing and erasing is done from the keyboard.
The program can be recommended, perhaps, only to advanced users, since editing is done using the mouse and keyboard at the same time, in addition, you may have to change the default settings and read the manual.
WITH download Screen Scissors from the official site
Conclusion
Windows Scissors is a fairly powerful tool for taking screenshots of both an arbitrary area and the entire screen. In addition, Scissors includes elementary tools for editing graphic content.
If you're comfortable with keyboard-mouse combinations, appreciate minimalism, and need a quick tool to capture part of your screen, the third-party Screen Snipping tool is here to help.
Screen Scissors is a small free (for non-commercial use) program designed to quickly take screenshots from a computer screen that does not require installation on a computer (portable). In order to use the program, you just need to run the executable exe file. The application works from the Windows system tray (tray), where all the functions and settings of the program are located.
There are several ways to take a screenshot in Screen Snipper. The fastest and most convenient is to use the hotkey combination (by default CTRL+P). You can also click on the program icon in the tray with the left mouse button. In addition, you can use the right mouse button to call the "Take a screenshot" function with additional options in the main menu of the application in the tray. Further, the user will be able to select and transform the area of the screen necessary for creating a snapshot. When creating a screenshot, the program allows you to draw. By holding down the SHIFT key and controlling the mouse, the user will be able to apply simple icons, symbols or letters to the picture. You can also erase an unsuccessfully drawn one with the mouse while holding down the CTRL key. To save the finished snapshot, you must press Enter, and to cancel the operation - Esc. The program can save screenshots on the computer's hard drive, to the operating system's clipboard, and to the server of the program's developers, providing the user with a direct link to the file. However, keep in mind that screenshots are stored on a remote server for no more than 72 hours. You can remove the limitation on file storage time by purchasing a separate license.
The Screen Scissors application has a flexible system of settings that allows you to specify in which format and directory the images will be saved, customize hot keys and display tips, set the program to launch along with the system, and more. All saved application settings are stored in the program folder in a special Settings.ini file. It can be saved separately so that when using the new version, you do not have to reconfigure the program every time.
Many users know how to create a screenshot (if not, then read the article?) and what it is for. It can be done both using standard tools of the Windows operating system, and using third-party utilities and programs from developers.
But what if you need to take a screenshot of a certain area (for example, a program window or part of a tab in a browser), without downloading other programs, and using Paint is a bit laborious?
After all, if you use the standard, then the whole creation process takes place as follows: we show on the screen what needs to be "screenshot", press the Print Screen button, launch Paint, paste, select the desired fragment, create a new document in the same place in Paint, paste what was selected and save.
Agree that there are too many actions in order to save only a certain part of the screenshot to a file?
That's why Microsoft created another utility for creating quick screenshots and it is present in all versions of the operating system.
Tool Scissors can be found either in Start (All Programs - Accessories)
either by pressing Win + R and typing SnippingTool.exe
or in the search for programs (in the same Start Windows 7 you can do this or on the home screen of all applications in Windows 8/10) type Scissors
How to Take a Screenshot in Windows Using Scissors.
The main window of the Scissors is as follows:
Click the Create button and select a rectangular area to create.
If you need to do something else, then to the right of this button there is an arrow in which you can select a snapshot of an arbitrary form, a window, or the entire screen:
After creation, the editor window will open:
Here you can create a new screenshot, send it, write something with a marker (different colors), highlight with a marker and clear everything with an eraser.
Remarkably, immediately after creation, the picture gets into, which means that it can immediately be inserted into any program (for example, Outlook, Word, Paint, etc. or into services that allow you to paste directly, such as Vkontakte or text of the letter).
Then it can be saved to a file as usual (File - Save As) or edited.
The options window does not need to be commented:
Some explanations:
There are no Scissors in the editions of Windows Home Basic (Home Basic) or Starter (Initial) (although some argue that through Run and through the search for programs (Snipping Tool.exe) it can be found there as well).
You can type in the address bar of the explorer %windir%\system32\SnippingTool.exe and make sure they are there.
Scissors appeared only in the Home Premium version (Home Extended) and higher.
In Windows 10, there is also the "Hold" option, which allows you to give you time in seconds so that you have time to open the desired window to take a screenshot.
Once again I will emphasize the advantages of such a screenshot creation through Scissors. You run the program, select the desired fragment and immediately paste it where you want. Even without saving to a file. Two steps and the screenshot is ready.
If you still want to download Scissors for Windows, then write in the comments. I will update the article and provide a download link.
Hi all. Alexander Glebov is in touch with you as usual. This time I will talk about a very handy Windows tool, namely screen scissors for Windows 7. I think this is an extremely useful tool for any computer user...
What is screen scissors for windows 7? 
So, windows screen scissors (in the English version of the OS Snipping Tool) is a micro program designed to create a snapshot of a selected area. This program first appeared in Windows Vista and has been present in every version of Windows ever since. Up to Windows 10. The snipping tool for windows 7 can be found along the path: %windir%\system32\SnippingTool.exe, where %windir% is the Windows installation directory. 
If you have a Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 operating system, then you can find the screen scissors through the start. We press the Windows icon in the lower left corner, a tiled menu will open, and in it just start typing the word "Scissors" or "Snipping Tool" if the OS is the English edition. As a result, a window with the found program will appear: 
Windows Screen Scissors functionality
Windows 7 scissors is quite a functional tool. With them, you can make the following types of photographing an image:
Free form screen scissors
In principle, everything is intuitive. Freeform is when you move the mouse and a screenshot of the circled area will be taken. On "Figure 1" I gave an example of how the selection process takes place, and on "Figure 2" you can see the result of this selection:
rectangular shape
It's clear from the title, but still. This is a selection of the desired area with a rectangular shape. Very handy when you need to highlight some windows.
Window
This is a copy of the picture of the window you click on. It is convenient when you need to take a screenshot of the whole window, but the rectangular shape is not suitable because the window is very large.
This is interesting - you can take a screenshot of the active window with the ALT + Print Screen key combination. The picture will automatically be placed on the clipboard.
Whole screen
As the name suggests, it takes a screenshot of the entire screen. Analogous to pressing the Print Screen button on the keyboard.
Also, scissors in Windows 7 allow you to make notes on the screenshot taken. This is very convenient, you do not need to use Paint or some other graphic editor. On the screenshot taken, you can select something with a yellow "Marker" or write something with "Pen", erroneous marks can be erased using the "Eraser" tool. Example: 
The pen tool can be customized to specify the thickness, shape, and color. This is done through the "Service-Pen-Customize" menu, after you have configured the pen, you must select this setting - "Service-Pen-Custom Pen".
In the screen scissors program for windows 7, there are the following additional options "Tools-Options":
Yes, screen scissors for windows 7 is a very handy tool, by the way, I only use this tool on mine. Its functionality is more than enough for me. It is a pity that this tool is not available in Windows XP, because not everyone has switched to the seven or windows 8 yet. But we solve this problem, how to download scissors for Windows XP, read below.
Download scissors for Windows XP - easy!
So let's say that for some reason you haven't left Windows XP yet and you need the scissors program for windows xp. In order to install them in windows xp, follow these simple steps:
- First you need to download the SnippingTool.zip archive - from here.
- Unpack the archive to the location you need. And run the file 1_Alky_XP.exe, install, go to the next item.
- Run the file 2_Alky_XP_REG.exe and install it as well.
- Copy the SnippingTool.exe and SnippingTool.exe.manifest files to the system directory. The default is C:\Windows\System32.
- Copy the shortcut (Snipping Tool.lnk) to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories.
- Next, we can go to start-standard and make sure that the Scissors tool appears there.
Warning, for the scissors in windows xp program to work, the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 package must be installed.
With this, I finish this article, please leave all questions, suggestions, and criticism in the comments. I'll be happy to chat with you. Thank you for your attention, I hope the article was useful for you.
Sincerely, Alexander Glebov.
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