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Windows 10 automatically save screenshots
I was having issues getting the automatic screenshot saving to work on my new (to me) Windows 10 Dell. I was NOT about to reinstall Dropbox, and re-download 250+ gigs of data. Finally found this ar...
- The trigger for saving a screenshot is the PrintScreen button. There isn't another combination (other than holding ALT or CTRL at the same time as PrintScreen).
- This feature is found on the Import tab of Dropbox's Preferences.
- Screenshots saved to Dropbox are saved to the Screenshots folder within your Dropbox.
- Make sure you've expanded your system tray (click the ^) to see all icons in your tray. If Dropbox is syncing, it will be shown in your tray.
From time to time, I see a message that a screenshot has been saved to Dropbox. I must be hitting some hot key combination to do that, but I can't figure out what it is. My hands are nowhere near the printscreen button when this happens. Here are my issues:
- I would like to turn off screenshots from being saved to Dropbox
- I can't find out where in Dropbox they are going - the screenshots folder is empty
- There is no Dropbox icon in my system tray. However, I know Dropbox is active because I can see and access my Dropbox folders in window file manager.
I am using Windows 10.
Rich
Super User II
Super User II- The trigger for saving a screenshot is the PrintScreen button. There isn't another combination (other than holding ALT or CTRL at the same time as PrintScreen).
- This feature is found on the Import tab of Dropbox's Preferences.
- Screenshots saved to Dropbox are saved to the Screenshots folder within your Dropbox.
- Make sure you've expanded your system tray (click the ^) to see all icons in your tray. If Dropbox is syncing, it will be shown in your tray.
