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psychomaniac189
New member | Level 2
2 months ago

I can't paste the screenshots I capture on Windows

For some reason I cannot pate the screenshots after I press "Print Screen". I have dropbox on my pc set to copy link when image is ready and then there is a pop up on the bottom right when I take a p...
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RyanFromDropbox
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2 months ago

Hi, psychomaniac189 -- Thanks for flagging this! I'm on the Product Management team here at Dropbox, and I'd love to better understand the issue you're having. 

If I'm following correctly, it sounds like you've set your Screenshot settings (in Preferences) to "Copy Link," but when you take a screenshot, you're not able to paste the link.

I notice you said "press ctrl+v to copy." When that pop-up appears, it should copy the link automatically -- and you should be able to use CRTL + V to paste it (vs. copy it).

If you take a screenshot and then immediately use CRTL + V to try and paste it somewhere, does that work for you? Or does it still not paste anything?

Cheers,

Ryan

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psychomaniac189
New member | Level 2
2 months ago

NO

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    psychomaniac189
    New member | Level 2
    2 months ago

    it does absolutely NOTHING 

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