Snipping Tool Pics - where did they go?

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I have this problem sometimes but not all the time. It did it to me again just now.

I use the snipping tool to get a screenshot and save it to my desktop but it never appears on my desktop? I do another snip and save it to my desktop and it says "capture already exists" - but its not on my desktop?

I can view it in my menu under "recent items" but the home of the file is shown in the photo. Why is it not on my desktop as the file sting says it is?
: Capture test.PNG
 

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First suspicion is that you are saving it to another desktop?

Click the "Open File Location" and see where it is located.
 

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I just tested it and it works fine when saved to my desktop. Our pathnames are the same and mine shows up as a thumbnail image on my desktop . [DEL]Why are you looking at a shortcut[/DEL]? See my followup post.

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Here is my shortcut view (from recent items) and it is going to my users desktop;

Screenshot (926).png

So, did you send it to your users desktop?

This is just a pictorial expansion of davehc's original theory so kudos to davehc for that suggestion.


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I am currently looking into another problem I am having here: Why so many Users - Cyber Tech Help Support Forums

I would certainly think so because it is possible that you sent that capture to someone else's user profile. Now, if you look at my screenshots, I sent my capture to "NewPC" which is the username I use when logging in. So, look at your shortcut and see if that is your username. If not, that's why it is not working.

Hope this helps,

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Most definitely- If you have several users (why) each will have its own desktop. Use the snipping tool again, and select File - Save As, and make sure you find the correct path to your own desktop. (users\username\Desktop)
 

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Ok, so thats why I was posting else where about why do I have so many users. My first thought it to get rid of the many user accounts but dont know where to start.....see pic:Capture users.PNG
 

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See picture of Post Image Desktop App:

screenshot_14.jpg
 

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Ok, so thats why I was posting else where about why do I have so many users. My first thought it to get rid of the many user accounts but dont know where to start.....see pic:View attachment 38322

This is what I see in the same directory.

Screenshot (935).png

Unfortunately, I don't think I can help you with this issue because I did a clean 8.1 install; whereas, it looks like you took the upgrade route (from some previous OS to Windows 8.0). For all I know that could be normal for your situation. With that said, maybe someone else will step in and offer a compare based on a similar upgrade path.


Good luck,

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You cant see my image?

I saw it.

I am not advising on accounts.

I am just suggesting an easier way to take screenshots.

Someone else will have to help you with user accounts.
 

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your looking in wrong user by the look of it ,or im missing something
 

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Yes to that.
Open, if you have the permissions, users - Administrator - Desktop, and I think you will find your snips. Whatever else you delete under users, DO NOT delete DEFAULT, or PUBLIC.
 

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Thanks, but finding my snips is no longer the issue now for me.

I want the problem fixed so they dont go missing without having to "save as" all the time.

Besides - I have way too many user accounts as you can se and I am sure the snips lost in the past will be in all of them.

It is not an upgrade but the PC came with 8 on it.

What to do now? I want to delete some of these user accounts as this is my pc and nobody elses - there are no other users except me.

How can I find out which one is me?
 

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Well, by the date, anyti_000 is you, but in honesty, only you can be the judge of that. But, when you start the computer and get to the log on, what are you offered and what have you been accepting as your user? If it is anyti, then you are OK. You can get rid of "Default migrated" and "Administrator", and "Updatususer" What you should do is "Move" them in the first instance, one at a time, to a safe place on your computer (Create a folder called "TempUser", for example). Restart between each move. If you are logging on as anything else, don't go further but post again.
P.S. So where did you find the snips - that would be a clue as to which user you are in.?
 

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If you are willing to sacrifice whatever third party software was already installed on the computer, you could also create a new account, in you chosen name, and then delete the other users as I have already suggested. This would be a cleaner solution.
 

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my win8 didn't give choice of user on bootup,it automatically boots to the last user to use it
 

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