ah oh well.... sorry I couldn't help with this  :(

hmmmm.... I'm completely stumped now  :-[

my last suggestion before i look around online for some answers would be to reinstall CD, or like you said reinstall sniping tool- if possible

maybe copy the snipping tool from your laptop and move it to where the other snipping tool is on you other comp.... might work but not entirely sure  :-[ ***update*** i'd backup though... ******

sorry i could be much help in this...  :(

heres settings to get the snipping tool up and running  :Thmbsup:

not sure why yours didn't work though  :huh:

***update***

try putting a shortcut of the snipping tool on the desktop then move the link into the dock.
if prompted to delete the shortcut... thats your choice.
see if that works  :P

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