Save screenshots to Onedrive or Dropbox

All keyboards have a Printscreen key (usually in the top row) that lets you take screenshots. On some PCS, you need to press the Printscreen key in combination with the Windows key or Function key. When you do this your PC screen will blink to indicate the screenshot has been taken. This is then saved to the Screenshots subfolder within your Pictures folder on your PC.

There’s an easy way to automatically save these screenshots to your Onedrive or Dropbox account if you prefer. This lets you access your screenshots from any PC, phone or tablet by going to the relevant online storage website or via its apps. In both services a Screenshots folder will be created to store your files.

Onedrive comes pre-installed on Windows 10. If you use Windows 7 or 8.1, then go to www.snipca.com/26431 to download and install Onedrive and log in using your Microsoft account. To save your screenshots to Onedrive, right-click the Onedrive icon in your notification area, click Settings, then click the Auto Save tab. Here, tick ‘Automatically save screenshots I capture to Onedrive’, then click OK (see screenshot).

To download Dropbox, go to www. snipca.com/26432, click the ‘Download the app’ link at the top right, then run the downloaded setup file. You’ll be prompted to log into your Dropbox account (or create one).

To save your screenshots to Dropbox, right-click the Dropbox icon in your notification area, click the cog icon at the top right, then Preferences. Next, click the Import button at the top, tick ‘Share screenshots using Dropbox’, click Apply, then OK.