Sometimes, when you take a screenshot on Windows 10/8/7 PC, your screenshots will be stored in that folder. So, if you can’t find the location where screenshots go on PC, you can check the Screenshots folder. The default Windows screenshots folder location is C: Users / Username / Pictures / Screenshots.
The Print Screen function operates slightly differently in each Windows operating system. First, identify which Windows operating system is on your computer, and then choose the correct option below: Press the Prnt, and scrn key.
In fact, when you press the Prt. Scn key on your keyboard, the full computer screen will be saved as a screenshot in clipboard. In that case, you need to rely on the paste command to retrieve the screenshot from clipboard to a Windows image app like Paint or Photo, and shop.
When using the Print Screen key only If you’re only using the Print Screen key, the screenshot is captured and copied to the clipboard only. You can paste the screenshot in any app that lets you do so.
Where Windows 10 saves screenshots created with Windows key + print screen?
Open the Windows Explorer and then open the above mentioned directory folder. You know now where Windows 10 saves screenshots that are created with the key combination “Windows key + Print Screen key”.
When you take a screenshot using Windows 10 Game bar, or you press Windows, Alt, Prt. Scn keys on your keyboard, the screenshots will be saved into the Captures folder. You can find where Windows 10 screenshots go in your Videos library.
Moving The Default Windows 10 Screenshots Folder All the screenshots that you take from the native screenshot tools that are saved automatically are stored in the Screenshots folder or the Captures folder. But you can change this location very easily to change the default location of where the snaps will be saved.
How to change where screenshots are saved on PC?
If your screenshots go to clipboard, you can open Paint and save it to anywhere you want. But if you don’t want to save screenshots to the Screenshots folder, you need to right-click on the Screenshots folder. Choose Properties and then head to the Location tab. Click Move to change where screenshots are used to be saved on PC.