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Snipping Tool not working in Windows 11? An expired certificate is to blame [Updated]


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Enlarge / The new Snipping Tool updates its predecessor's Windows 7-era UI while integrating the features of Windows 10's duplicative Snip & Sketch tool. (credit: Microsoft)

Update, 11/5/2021: After some testing in its Windows Insider channels, Microsoft has released a fix for the problems with the Snipping Tool and the Settings app. You should be able to grab it from Windows Update.

Original story: If you've been noticing strange issues with some of Windows 11's built-in apps and tools since the calendar rolled over to November, you're not alone. In a post on Microsoft's Known Issues page for Windows 11, the company says that an expired digital certificate is rendering some users "unable to open or use certain built-in Windows apps or parts of some built-in apps."

Affected apps include the Snipping Tool, the Accounts page of the Settings app (but only when running Windows in S mode), the Touch Keyboard, Voice Typing, the Emoji picker, the Input Method Editor, and the Tips app. There's no indication that Windows 10's versions of any of these apps have been affected.

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