Greenshot: The hotkey(s) "PrintScreen, Alt + PrintScreen, Ctrl + PrintScreen, ..." could not be registered

When trying to install Greenshot on fresh copy of Windows 10, the following error occurs

Please, note that the question is about Windows-10. Questions about Windows-7 and below are not "duplicate".

UPDATE

How to install Greenshot so that PrintScreen work?

Solution 1:

On a new PC, press printscreen and the first time OneDrive pops up and offers you to save screenshots. Select No and the key will be free for Greenshot.

Solution 2:

Greenshot cannot register the desired hotykey (PrntScreen) if another program has already registered it, that's why it gives you that warning message.

If you want Greenshot to work with the PrntScreen, you need to find out which program is blocking the hotkey, it is most likely either OneNote or DropBox. Configure them not to use the PrntScreen hotkey, and restart Greenshot. Read more here: http://getgreenshot.org/faq/my-prntscreen-key-no-longer-works-with-greenshot/

In case you want to use Greenshot but still don't want to turn off that specific feature of OneNote or Dropbox, another alternative would be to change Greenshot's hotkey, you can easily do so in Greenshot's settings dialog.

Solution 3:

Adding on top of @userJT's solution -

Initially, Greenshot complained about "PrintScreen" and "Ctrl + PrintScreen" for me. It appears that "PrintScreen" was taken by OneDrive and "Ctrl + PrintScreen" - by DropBox. After you disable both, problem goes away.

Full list of steps -

1. See the error message like in the question. Panic, google, get to this page :)
2. Note the first key that Greenshot complains about.
   • In most of the cases it will be "PrintScreen", so let's take it as an example.
3. Press "PrintScreen" on your keyboard.
4. OneDrive will pop up, prompting to save screenshots to OneDrive. Choose "No, Thanks" there.
5. Click "Retry" in Greenshot's dialog, note the keys that are still taken.
6. Repeat steps above for keys that Greenshot cannot register until it succeeds.
   • In my case it was "Ctrl + PrintScreen" that was taken by DropBox.
7. Enjoy shortcuts in Greenshot :)

HTH.

Solution 4:

Try this:

Launch Powershell as admin (Start > type Powershell > Right click Run as admin)
Copy and paste the following

New-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Control Panel\Keyboard" -Name PrintScreenKeyForSnippingEnabled -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force

I noticed this line whiz past when running a Windows 10 debloat script. (it enabled the option)
I read through the script, found the line and reran with it set to "0"