I apologize for being so blunt, however this is one of the most annoying "features" ever. I work daily (for MS) and need to take screenshots daily. I have always been able to use "Windows + S" before with OneNote installed to take a quick, easy, immediate capture of whatever I need to capture. Now, this is not so easy and believe it or not one of the most annoying things I'm having to deal with as I can no longer take screenshots of drop down menus due to having to click/select something else first to take a screenshot rather than hot-key directly to screenshot... So, now to take a screenshot with OneNote, I have to "Windows + N" then either click on "Screen Clipping" or "S", which makes any drop downs or selected items I have open go away... Now if I press "Windows + S" it takes me to search things, which is ridiculous and redundant as all I have to do to search things is to press "Windows" and then start typing. Why would we add a redundant feature that negates another Microsoft Product feature? Please help to resolve and/or let me know how to change search "hotkey" so I can use "Windows + S" to screenshot with OneNote as I used to be able to with Windows 7 and Windows 8, prior to 8.1.

Thank you.

This does not help. All this explains is standard printscrn and windows snipping tool. These tools are not as good as Microsoft OneNote snipping tool and you still have to click on another icon to be able to select a specific portion of the screen. With OneNote, it was just "Windows + S" and automatically froze the screen so that you could select exactly what you wanted and past immediately into another screen/doc/email/etc. without saving to file or anything first.

If someone can get me OneNote snipping back by hotkey I'd be happy. :)

I agree - there has to be a way to configure this - or another windows + key.  I can lean something put doinga W + n + s is silly.

I was equally surprised and frustrated when I too realized this.  I live on OneNote and cannot believe MS added a useless redundant feature at the expense of a useful existing one.  the problem is that when you receive the notice to update, you think about making sure everything is backed up or cloudbased (thank you Skydrive), etc.  You don't think to look for a problem like this proactively because who would think of some such specific drawback.  It isn't until you go to use the function that you realize it's gone and too late. 

Now that I have vented a bit, I found the solution.  Evidently it wasn't available earlier in the year but I just updated to 8.1 (and therefore just started looking for the solution) so tried it and it worked:

Win + Shift + S

All is right in the world again.

MRS

Hi,

This is by design. Here is a work around for your favorite WIN + S shortcut key:

http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2013/06/27/try-windows-8-1-preview-and-bring-back-your-favorite-shortcut-key.aspx

The screenshot feature for OneNote (even using the new key strokes) appears to only capture screenshots on the desktop.  So, for example, if I am using the Windows 8 Internet Explorer (non-desktop), I am unable to capture a screenshot.

So, if I go on the premise that this was not a blunder (oversight) but was done because it is designed to work this way, it means that if I am a heavy user of OneNote (which I have been up to this point), I should avoid using Metro (New UI) applications in favor of desktop applications.

I suspect this is not the message Microsoft would like to have articulated by some of the most ardent supporters of MS products.

<It should be noted that Evernote does not suffer from this problem.  Evernote becomes an even more attractive option if issues like this persist.>

RECOMMENDATION: Fast track a solution to this problem to keep the OneNote faithful, faithful. Screenshots should be able to be capture regardless of the invoking application (Metro or Desktop).

May I suggest an alternative 3rd party program for capturing screenshots:  IrfanView

Its capture facility can be mapped to a function key or even done on a timer, and it can load up the clipboard, save a file on disk, or bring up the screenshot in its own UI.  It can capture all monitors, the current monitor, the current window, or even the client area of the current window and the interface to set it up is intuitive.

I have never used OneNote but I can't see how screen grabs could be done much more easily or flexibly than the way IrfanView can be set to do it.

THANK YOU! I have been so frustrated since updating, but all really is right in the world again now that I know to just + Shift as well!

Thanks again so much!

Hi,

This is by design. Here is a work around for your favorite WIN + S shortcut key:

http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2013/06/27/try-windows-8-1-preview-and-bring-back-your-favorite-shortcut-ke

Hi Karen (and Carey?),

  I would certainly appreciate it if the design decision was explained instead of just claimed.  Why was the decision made to have 'Win', 'Win +q', and 'win + s' all go to same place despite the fact that a major MS product already used 'Win + s' as a system level hotkey?

 Without the explanation, it sounds like you are saying "This is by haphazard design." as people have pointed out the negatives, and I've yet to see positive, much less one that outweighs the UI change.

I have to agree with the fact that this was a bad design decision.

Why change such a fundamentally known shortcut?

I can live with the Win + shift + s but it doesn't make sense really!

Maybe I could live with the windows + shift + s but it doesn't work for me, it doesn't do anything at all. I want to throw my hat in the ring here and ask why take a great shortcut and make it redundant and useless!?!

I am sad for the onenote team who had this shortcut taken away from them by the OS design or bing marketing team.

Does anyone have a fix that really works without having to install third party software?

It doesn't work for my daughter either! This is absolutely ridiculous! I have used One Note for YEARS. NO WAY AM I UPGRADING!

What the heck? Microsoft is as bad as Apple nowadays. Go into regedit to fix everything. I've had my fill doing that to get iTunes to work. Who is the freakin' product manager that made this decision? And the fixes (at least the shift win S) do NOT work for some people... why is that? Isn't this place supposed to be the found of all Microsoft wisdom?

Obviously your people's development teams don't talk to each other.. How can an OS update provide two different keystrokes for the stupid search function [windows]   and type your text   and [Win S ]  and type your text, and not have checked that they were putting through a breaking change for another Microsoft product (OneNote).

it is ridiculous to have an operating system provide two different redundant keystroke shortcuts for the same function and one of them disables a crucial function on One Note for many people.

Don't you have version release previews cross teams?   is this the Microsoft inherited by Satia Nadella??? Poor guy he will have a tough job.