Hit Apply to save the new path and click Yes to move all the old screenshots to the new folder. Click Move button and then choose the new place for the screenshot folder. On the Properties window, select “Location” tab on the top.To save captured screenshots in another folder, right-click on “Screenshots” folder and select Properties option from the menu. Inside that folder you will see a “Screenshots” folder, this is the location by default where windows save the captured screenshots.Type Pictures in this window and hit Enter, this will open the Windows Pictures folder.
So, whenever you take screenshots with Win+PrintScreen keys shortcut a.PNG image that captured will be saved to that folder. In this guide, you will learn how to set another folder for the screenshots. You might want to change the default folder from Pictures/screenshots to somewhere else on your hard drive. A screenshot image PNG automatically saved to screenshot folder which exists in the default Pictures folder.Ĭhange default screenshot folder location in Windows With the release of Windows 8, Microsoft added a new way to take screenshots, when you press keyboard keys Windows+printScreen buttons in Windows 8, 10 or later versions. Usually, when you press print screen button from the keyboard in Windows, the current screen view will be saved to the clipboard.
