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When I installed the latest Windows 10 update I really liked the new screenshot / clipping tool that you can access with WIN+SHIFT+S.
Then after some time each time I use it the snipped picture gets copied to my clipboard, but the notification is missing and also there is no notification available in the Action Center, so I can not edit the snipped picture (sketch) in any way.
Is there a solution?
Had this happen to me in the last few days - tried the various options above, to no avail
Turns out it was just the App itself
(Which apparently https://superuser.com/users/1079976/john answered in a comment to the original question...my bad, missed it until after I'd typed this up)
Had the same problem worked fine for several weeks, then suddenly no more popups.
This fixed it for me:
To enable notifications from the Snip & Sketch Tool:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\TabletPC\Snipping Tool.
I got the same problem.
My issue was because the Snip and Sketch tool was not installed on my Windows.
The Win + Shift + S shortcut works without it, but it only copy the scrot to the clipboard.
If you want to have the editing features (with includes the notifications) you have to install Snip and Sketch from the Microsoft Store:
Just throwing in my experience, looks like I had deliberately switched off notifications (on a global level), which unintentionally includes Snip & Sketch. The app was installed properly and such.
To quickly enable this right click the notifications icon/button in your taskbar then choose Turn on notifications:
Or open Windows Settings (press WIN+I), choose System, then Notifications & actions in the sidebar. There is a global toggle for notifications here to turn on.
It's actually explorer.exe not working properly. If you restart it through the Task Manager it goes back to normal.
There are some things you could try before reinstalling Windows 10:
This is the most common case for the Snip & Sketch notification missing. Check the Action Centre on the bottom right corner of your screen. If there is a moon icon, then you have Focus Assist on. Simply right click, then you could turn it off in the pop-up menu.
This is the most common case for the missing notification if you are from Mainland China, as there are tons of PC manager software, or （某大数字60、某讯之类的）电脑管家, awaiting the chance of messing up your PC :)
Press Win+X then select Windows PowerShell, then type:
> Get-AppxPackage | select-string screensketch
Normally it would return a line reporting Snip & Sketch's package full name, like this:
Microsoft.ScreenSketch_10.2008.2277.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
If it is returning an empty line, then simply go to the store page, and download the Snip tool back.
Open regedit, then delete everything under \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Microsoft.ScreenSketch_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App. Don't forget to restart your machine!
I tried resetting the Snip & Sketch app, or uninstalling and reinstalling it, with no success. Keyboard shortcut didn't work, and if I manually started the app, it complained about a missing ms-screenclip association.
Finally fixed it by executing the following line in a Powershell:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
Not sure what it's doing, looks like it forces all packages to re-register with the system, but after executing it, Snip & sketch works again (even its keyboard shortcut), and it also shows in Notifications and actions screen, something it didn't happen before.
