How to Restore Old Snipping Tool on Windows 11 PCs and Laptops

If you have upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11, you should have realized by now that the old snipping tool has disappeared from Windows 11, and if you are like me, you used to love its simplicity only to find it gone Yeah, I know that can be cruel!

The old snipping tools from previous Windows versions have been replaced in Windows 11 by Snip and Sketch.

But there is a way to get Snipping Tool back on your Windows 11 PC. Read on to learn how to get the Snipping Tool.

How to restore the old snipping tool in Windows 11?

Recover Snipping Tool from Windows.old

1. Open File Explorer.
2. Create a new folder named SnippingTool and save it anywhere on your system's local drive.

3. Go to path<strong>C:\Windows.old\Windows\System32</strong>
4. CopySnippingTool .exe file and paste it into the new folder created.
5. Now, create another folder inside the Snipping Tool’s parent folder and name it en-US (or whatever your default language is).

6. Now, go to <strong>C:\Windows.old\Windows\System32\en-US</strong>
7. ##Copy and paste the SnippingTool.exe.mui file into the new en-US subfolder you created.
Exit File Explorer when finished.
8. 

When upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11, the Windows.old directory should be available on your system and you should be able to restore the Snipping Tool by following the steps above.

If you can't find it, you can use the second method, which is a foolproof way to reinstall it on your Windows computer running the latest Windows 11.

Restore Snipping Tool from Old Windows Versions

Open
1. File Explorer.
Go to
2. C:\Windows\System32<strong></strong>
Copy
3. SnippingTool.exe and SnippingTool. exe.mui file.
Now transfer them to your Windows 11 computer.
4. Put
5. SnippingTool.exe into C:\Windows\System32\<strong></strong>##Put
SnippingTool.exe.mui
6. Put in<strong></strong>C:\Windows\System32\en-US<strong></strong>Close File Explorer when finished.
7. Now, double-click

SnippingTool.exe

to launch Snipping Tool on Windows 11 PC. You can also pin it to the taskbar or start menu to quickly take screenshots. <strong></strong>How to reset the snipping tool?

Restarting File Explorer can eliminate any reasons why the Snipping Tool is not working properly on your Windows 11 PC. You can do this by opening Task Manager by pressing

Ctrl

and ending the File ExplorerAlt task by clicking End Task. DelAlternatively, you can also press

CTRL

Shift directly to enter the task manager to end the task. Why don't Snip and Sketch work? Snip and Sketch may stop working unexpectedly due to application data or corrupted system files on the system.

This issue can be easily resolved by simply uninstalling and reinstalling the Snip and Sketch apps.

With every latest version of Windows, Microsoft adds and removes our favorite apps, assuming it's the best fit for us—or to make it better.

Unfortunately, the execution fell short and failed to impress us, but there's always a way around it.

We hope this article helped you get the old snipping tool on your latest Windows 11 computer.

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