How do I get the Snipping Tool (snippingtool.exe) in Windows Server 2012?

In WS 2008, I could install the Destop Experience feature, but there doesn't seem to be a feature with that name in WS 2012.

The executable used to be in C:\Windows\System32, but its not there in WS 2012. (Of course, that could be because I haven't installed the right feature; but I don't know what the right feature is.)

I did find a copy in C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64...[big long folder name], but it doesn't seem to actually run when I double-click it.

Desktop Experience is under Features\User Interface and Infrastructure.

I have it installed and the Snipping Tool is in Windows Accessories.

• Proposed as answer by Grégory LUCAND Saturday, July 21, 2012 8:03 AM
• Marked as answer by Tiger LiMicrosoft employee Monday, July 23, 2012 6:46 AM

Thanks Brian. It really helped me.

If anyone is looking for a way to do mass deploy this feature in windows server 2012, here is the procedure to do it with PowerShell http://techibee.com/powershell/get-snippingtool-in-windows-server-2012/1824

Enabling windows optional features in windows server 2012 is little different from windows server 2008.

Hi,

Have a look at this article, which gives step by step tutorial for installing Snipping Tool in Windows Server 2012.

http://sharepoint-works.blogspot.in/2013/03/snipping-tool-in-windows-server-2012.html

Hope this helps you!

Beware that adding this feature needs the Ink and Handwriting and the Media Foundation services too.

The whole thing then requires a reboot :(