What to do when Windows 10 or 11 is not saving screenshots in Pictures folder

This step-by-step tutorial will show you what to do when Windows 10 or 11 isn't saving captured screenshots in the Pictures folder.

  1. Right-click on the Windows start menu button.
  2. Click on Run.
    Open the Run command window in Windows 11
  3. In the 'Run' command window, you type regedit.
  4. Click on OK or press the Enter on your keyboard.
    Open the Registry Editor in Windows 11
  5. If the 'User Account Control' window appears, you click Yes. Depending on your settings, you may need to enter your administrator password first and then click Yes.
  6. In the 'Registry Editor' window, you go to the following location: 
    
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
    Open User Shell Folders in Windows Registry Editor
  7. In the right section, you double-click on {B7BEDE81-DF94-4682-A7D8-57A52620B86F}.
    Screenshots String Value in Windows Registry Editor

Note: If it's not there, you will have to create it. To do so, right-click in the right section > New > String Value > name it {B7BEDE81-DF94-4682-A7D8-57A52620B86F}.

Create a new String Value in Windows Registry Editor
  1. Make sure its value data is %USERPROFILE%\Pictures\Screenshots.
    Fix Windows 10 is not saving captured screenshots in the Pictures folder
  2. Click on OK.
  3. Close the Registry Editor.
  4. Restart your computer.

Windows 10 or 11 will save your captured screenshots in the Pictures folder again.

Related:

How to locate the screenshots folder in Windows 10 and 11

How to change where screenshots are saved in Windows 10 & 11

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