Weird snipping tool vanishing act

[BeholdenCypress]

Hello, I seem to have a weird issue I was hoping someone could help me with.

If I manually open Explorer and go to C:\Windows\System32, I can find SnippingTool.exe just fine as seen in figure 1

Figure 1

However, if I try to find it through an open dialog box, it cannot be found. Says that it does not exist as seen in figure 2

Figure 2



I am trying to create a custom live tile for Snippingtool, but I cannot continue until this is solved. This is not the only instance of this happening. This also happens in Razer Synapse as well.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.



Thanks.

 

[gardenman]

Hi, so I checked and my system is set up like yours. SnippingTool.exe shows in Explorer, but not in a Open Dialog.

I tried changing the Explorer option of Hiding System files and it didn't make a difference.

I tried running the program as administrator and it didn't make a difference.

I tried copying the SnippingTool.exe to another folder and I could see the SnippingTool.exe in the open dialog, however, it did not run. This was a good start. (It showed up because of the different Security options on the folders, however we don't want to mess with this stuff).

So next I created an en-US folder (assuming you are using the US version of Windows) where I placed the SnippingTool.exe. I then went into my C:\Windows\System32\en-US\ folder and copied the SnippingTool.exe.mui to that new en-US folder. Then the SnippingTool.exe both showed up in the new folder where I copied the files, and it worked. You have to have that MUI file in the language folder (en-US for me) before it works.

I hope this helps.

 

[BeholdenCypress]

Hi, so I checked and my system is set up like yours. SnippingTool.exe shows in Explorer, but not in a Open Dialog.

I tried changing the Explorer option of Hiding System files and it didn't make a difference.

I tried running the program as administrator and it didn't make a difference.

I tried copying the SnippingTool.exe to another folder and I could see the SnippingTool.exe in the open dialog, however, it did not run. This was a good start. (It showed up because of the different Security options on the folders, however we don't want to mess with this stuff).

So next I created an en-US folder (assuming you are using the US version of Windows) where I placed the SnippingTool.exe. I then went into my C:\Windows\System32\en-US\ folder and copied the SnippingTool.exe.mui to that new en-US folder. Then the SnippingTool.exe both showed up in the new folder where I copied the files, and it worked. You have to have that MUI file in the language folder (en-US for me) before it works.

I hope this helps.

This worked like a charm, you are a wizard.

Thanks for the help

 

[gardenman]

Great! I'm glad I could help. Take care.