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Author Topic: Mysterious bell (ding) from Screenshot Captor  (Read 5,036 times)

brafoo

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Mysterious bell (ding) from Screenshot Captor
« on: June 24, 2016, 01:26 AM »
Very often when I make a screen capture I will hear the Windows Ding (bell sound) a few seconds later.  The typical scenario is as follows:

1) Capture a screenshot (a selected region)
2) Add a Text caption box
3) Switch back to the program I was running originally (Screenshot Captor loses focus)
4) Some seconds later I will hear the Windows Ding sound.

This is sorta driving me crazy, so any workaround tip would be appreciated.

(Running Windows 7 Professional, 32 bit, quad-core Athlon)
« Last Edit: June 25, 2016, 10:05 PM by brafoo »

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Re: Mysterious bell (ding) from Screenshot Captor
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2016, 06:06 AM »
How strange!
I can see why that would drive you crazy.
Can you try to experiment a little bit and narrow down the conditions that cause the ding sound?

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Re: Mysterious bell (ding) from Screenshot Captor
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2016, 09:12 AM »
Could there be something else trying (unsuccessfully) to use/steal the PrintScreen key?
Although I'd have thought that the 'ding' sound would happen immediately then.

The only culprit I can think of offhand is Picasa (but havent heard of it acting like this).
Tom

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