Question: How to Find Screenshots on Windows?
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Use the keyboard shortcut: Windows + PrtScn.

If you want to take a screenshot of the whole screen and save it as a file on the hard drive, without using any other tools, then press Windows + PrtScn on your keyboard.

Windows stores the screenshot in the Pictures library, in the Screenshots folder.

Where can I find my screenshots on Windows?

To take a screenshot and save the image directly to a folder, press the Windows and Print Screen keys simultaneously. You’ll see your screen dim briefly, emulating a shutter effect. To find your saved screenshot head to the default screenshot folder, which is located in C:\Users[User]\My Pictures\Screenshots.

Where are the screenshots saved?

What is the location of the screenshots folder in Windows? In Windows 10 and Windows 8.1, all the screenshots you take without using third-party applications are stored in the same default folder, called Screenshots. You can find it in the Pictures folder, inside your user folder.

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