Windows 8 Print Screen – What Does Win Button + Print Screen Do

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Today I was going to System Properties with Win+Break and accidentally pressed Win+Print Screen. By doing this, Windows 8 RTM x86 lowered the display brightness for 2 seconds and then returned to normal.

I checked that the printscreen was copied to clipboard by pasting it on Paint, but I didn't notice any difference from a normal printscreen (by pressing only Print Screen button). I also checked that Windows 7 doesn't have the same behavior.

So, is this just a new "animation" for the printscreen process on Windows 8, or does it actually have a functional difference from the traditional method?

Best Answer

It takes and saves the screenshot. It places the saved screenshot into your pictures folder as a PNG.

For reference: Windows 8: Capture Screenshots (en-US)

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