Launch snipping tool command line

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• I tried and it doesn't work...

  c:/>snippingtool

  'snippingtool' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
  operable program or batch file.

  I am using Windows 7 Enterprise

  • I double checked it on Win7 Enterprise. It works.

• I am a novice, but I tried this and it worked.

  %windir%\system32\SnippingTool.exe

  Using DOS how can I automate the SnippingTool to make a new snip (with width height and screen position, then save it with a new name?

  Please help.
  Thanks
  I am using Windows 7 (64bit)

  • Thanks Graham. That just did it for me

• Late reply, but just type snippingtool and it should work, in cmd as well as in the search bar

• Yeah it works...
  @John- Try again it works(it could be a typo from your end)

• It didn't work for me when I just typed snippingtool nor doing %windir%\system32\SnippingTool.exe
  So if you have the same problem, try something like:
  C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-snippingtool-app_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_f5b8f3d6a353fa89>SnippingTool.exe

  version will probably be wrong, but when you are in cmd, just do:
  C:\Windows\winsxs> cd *snippintool*
  And it should open desired folder :) I found it by searching snippingtool in explorer in C: folder

• Thanks Damir! That was exactly what I needed. I couldn't get either plain snippingtool or %windir%\system32\SnippingTool.exe to work, but finding the file underneath winsxs worked for me.

• Perfect!

• I think everyone can run "snippingtool" command just fine, it's just that you have to run cmd as administrator. Otherwise you are not permited to see or run SnippingTool.exe