# SnippingTool.exe

Windows Process: Microsoft Corporation

Catalog search terms snippingtool, snipping tool, snip and sketch

Windows, System 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](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 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

| 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            | 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

| 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)

## Related

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

[ScreenClippingHost.exe: Windows Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/screenclippinghost.exe/)[mspaint.exe: Application Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/mspaint.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 Tool ](https://support.microsoft.com/windows/use-snipping-tool-to-capture-screenshots)· Capture and record
- [Microsoft Store: Snipping Tool ](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mz95kl8mr0l)· Screen Sketch package
- [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**: SnippingTool.exe

  **Typical path**: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.ScreenSketch\_\*\SnippingTool\SnippingTool.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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