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SnippingTool.exe

Windows ProcessMicrosoft Corporation

Catalog search terms snippingtool, snipping tool, snip and sketch

WindowsSystem Component

Snipping Tool. Dis na di editor and recorder app. Di Win+Shift+S dim overlay na ScreenClippingHost.exe.

Wetin you need know

Dis na di Snipping Tool app. ScreenClippingHost.exe na only di overlay.

SnippingTool.exe na Screen Sketch / Snipping Tool. E fit record and e fit capture. To end am go close di editor. Di hotkey overlay fit still live inside ScreenClippingHost.exe.

E safe?
Check the running file path, signature, and publisher. Name alone no fit confirm say e safe.
Same as Win+Shift+S?
Di overlay na different host
I suppose end am?
You go lose snip wey you never save abi recording
Feex tok say
If I already get snip open for markup, na SnippingTool be dat. If di screen only dim, na ScreenClippingHost. I dey treat dem as two separate pieces.

Wetin be SnippingTool.exe?

SnippingTool.exe na di Windows Snipping Tool application inside di ScreenSketch package.

Wetin e dey do?

E dey open captured images for markup and fit record di screen. Di rectangle overlay na ScreenClippingHost.exe. Paint na different editor.

Wetin make am dey run?

You open Snipping Tool, abi snip hand off give di editor. Copy for logon dey unusual unless you leave one window open.

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 'SnippingTool.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 to compare signatures and product metadata. A filename alone no fit establish safety. (pcm)

E dey safe?

Check dis running file

Di Microsoft.ScreenSketch package na Snipping Tool. SnippingTool.exe inside Downloads no be am.

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

C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.ScreenSketch_*\SnippingTool\SnippingTool.exe

  • Editor and recorder
  • Overlay: ScreenClippingHost.exe
  • Older Windows get System32\SnippingTool.exe

I fit end am?

E dey close di editor

To end SnippingTool.exe dey drop unsaved markup abi recording wey dey go on. Di overlay host fit still start for di next hotkey.

I fit comot am?

Uninstall Snipping Tool

Uninstall Snipping Tool from Settings > Apps. Di Win+Shift+S overlay fit remain inside ScreenClippingHost.exe, wey be different host.

E suppose start with Windows?

On demand, abi after snip hand-off.

Measure resource use

Measure the current process rather than assume a universal baseline
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

SnippingTool.exe file information
Executable name SnippingTool.exe
Recorded installation path C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.ScreenSketch_*\SnippingTool\SnippingTool.exe
Publisher Microsoft Corporation
Signature check Inspect the actual file; this entry no dey certify its certificate identity. (pcm)

Common wahala dem

Hotkey dey work after uninstall

ScreenClippingHost.exe na separate CBS host.

People dey paste enter Paint and dey find SnippingTool

Na two apps. Check which window open.

How to troubleshoot

Diagnose before you change anything wey fit scatter things.

Win+Shift+S den look for dis process after you mark up

Overlay first, editor second.

No download "snip tool" exe

Use di Store app.

Technical details

Technical details
SnippingTool.exe technical details
Image name SnippingTool.exe
Product Snipping Tool

Check the identity of running file

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

Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. How we dey do research.

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