# ScreenClippingHost.exe

Windows Process: Microsoft Corporation

Catalog search terms screenclippinghost, screen clip, snip overlay

Windows, System Component

Screen clip host. Win+Shift+S dey start di snip overlay. SnippingTool.exe na di Snipping Tool app wey fit open after di clip.

## Wetin you need know

Dis na di Win+Shift+S overlay, no be di full Snipping Tool app.

ScreenClippingHost.exe dey draw di dim snip rectangle. Di editor wey dey open after fit be Snipping Tool. To end di host dey cancel di snip.

- **E safe?**: Check the running file path, signature, and publisher. Name alone no fit confirm say e safe.

  **E be di same thing as Snipping Tool?**: No. Dat app na SnippingTool.exe

  **I suppose end am?**: Di overlay go close

Feex tok say

If di screen dim and dis host dey run, I dey di middle of snip. To end SnippingTool.exe go be wrong process if di editor never open yet.

## Wetin be ScreenClippingHost.exe?

ScreenClippingHost.exe na di screen clipping overlay inside di Client CBS package.

## Wetin e dey do?

E dey capture region go clipboard and fit hand over give Snipping Tool. E no dey record video. Dat one na different Snipping Tool mode.

## Wetin make am dey run?

You press Win+Shift+S or one Print Screen setting wey dey launch snip. Di host suppose exit after di capture.

## Inspect the running instance

Inside Windows PowerShell, this read-only query show matching process IDs, creation times and executable paths on this PC. (pcm)

`Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Process | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq 'ScreenClippingHost.exe' } | Select-Object ProcessId, ParentProcessId, CreationDate, Name, ExecutablePath | Format-List`

No result or a path we no fit access is inconclusive. Protected processes fit restrict access, and process IDs fit be reused. Keep personal paths local. (pcm)

Use the [file-identity guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/verify-executable-path-signature/) to compare signatures and product metadata. A filename alone no fit establish safety. (pcm)

## E dey safe?

Check dis running file

Di CBS clipping host na Microsoft own. One ScreenClippingHost.exe inside "screenshot pro" zip no be am.

Compare the recorded location with the actual file. A familiar folder alone no fit establish identity. (pcm)

`C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_*\ScreenClippingHost.exe`

- Snip overlay
- Editor fit be SnippingTool.exe
- Clipboard dey receive di image

## I fit end am?

E dey cancel di snip

To end ScreenClippingHost.exe dey close di dim overlay and dey cancel dat snip. SnippingTool.exe only dey involved if di editor don open already.

## I fit comot am?

No

No delete di CBS host. Change Print Screen behavior inside Settings if you want different tool.

## E suppose start with Windows?

Di hotkey dey start am. No be Startup Apps.

## Measure resource use

| CPU and memory   | Compare several observations for the same PID and workload. This entry get no independently measured universal baseline. (pcm)               |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Disk and network | Attribute activity to the actual process and current task; a filename alone no fit establish expected destinations or transfer volume. (pcm) |

## File information

| Executable name            | ScreenClippingHost.exe                                                             |
| -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Recorded installation path | C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS\_\*\ScreenClippingHost.exe       |
| Publisher                  | Microsoft Corporation                                                              |
| Signature check            | Inspect the actual file; this entry no dey certify its certificate identity. (pcm) |

## Common wahala dem

### Overlay stuck dim

End ScreenClippingHost.exe. Na dat be di overlay, no be DWM.

### People dey uninstall Snipping Tool and di hotkey still dey work

Di overlay host fit remain. Two different pieces.

## How to troubleshoot

Diagnose before you change anything wey fit scatter things.

### Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard > Print Screen

Whether Print Screen dey open snip.

### No replace di host

CBS package.

## Technical details

Technical details

| Image name | ScreenClippingHost.exe |
| ---------- | ---------------------- |
| Role       | Screen snip overlay    |

## Check the identity of running file

A filename alone no fit establish safety. Verify the actual path, signature and product identity. (pcm)

## Related

Dis entities connect to dis article. Type dey show for every link.

[SnippingTool.exe: Windows Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/snippingtool.exe/)[PickerHost.exe: Windows Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/pickerhost.exe/)[Check an executable path and digital signature: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/verify-executable-path-signature/)[Read Task Manager and compare process activity: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/how-to-read-task-manager/)[Windows processes: Category](https://feex.it/wiki/process/windows/)

## Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. [How we dey do research](https://feex.it/wiki/research/).

- [Microsoft Support: snipping ](https://support.microsoft.com/windows/use-snipping-tool)- Win+Shift+S
- [Microsoft Learn: Windows ](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows)· Primary Windows documentation
- [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark.
- [Microsoft Sysinternals: Sigcheck ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sigcheck)· Dey explain how to check file signatures. Dis reference no establish the identity or safety of any particular running file.
- [Microsoft: Get-CimInstance ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/cimcmdlets/get-ciminstance)· Read-only local process-query method. (pcm)
- [Microsoft: Win32_Process properties ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/cimwin32prov/win32-process)· Documents process IDs, executable paths, creation dates and parent-ID reuse. (pcm)

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- **Type**: Windows Process

  **Publisher**: Microsoft Corporation

  **Executable**: ScreenClippingHost.exe

  **Typical path**: C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS\_\*\ScreenClippingHost.exe

  **Record context**: Feex Wiki reference entry

Recorded source status: Feex Reviewed: Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification.

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