How to disable Picasa’s Screen Capture if you use Snagit?

After installing Picasa on Windows, when you press ‘Print Screen’ key on keyboard screenshots will be saved to ‘Screen Captures’ folder. What if you’re already using Snagit or other screen capturing program before Picasa install and you don’t want Picasa from saving screenshots when Print Screen is pressed? You’ve to disable Picasa’s Screen Capture feature, as simple as that.

Disabling Picasa’s Screen Capture Feature for Snagit

1. Open Picasa,

2. Click on Tools>Folder Manager

3. Find Picasa folder on left pane, expand it and select ‘Screen Captures’, on right pane under ‘for the current folder’ select ‘Remove from Picasa’ from ‘Scan Always’.

Folder manager screen captures thumb How to disable Picasas Screen Capture if you use Snagit?

4. Click ‘Ok’ to save the changes.

From now onwards when you press Print Screen key Picasa no longer comes in your way with popup ‘Screenshot saved, click to view’ on right side of screen.

Happy screenshot taking with Snagit.

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Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

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