Windows 11: What is this toolbar, and how do I make it stop?

[Darat]

It used to be notorious "user error" in early days when it did indeed try to print the screen, users often wondered what the hell was happening, PCs seemed to freeze, if they had a printer attached their printers would start to print out reams of pages often with a few "squiggly" characters per page and so on.

If is astonishing that it took so long for it to be redfined to mean "grab a screenshot".

 

[Wudang]

From Power Toys - this might let you see what keys are bound to PrtScr.

Remap Keys and Shortcuts with PowerToys Keyboard Manager

Learn how to remap keyboard keys and shortcuts using PowerToys Keyboard Manager. Customize your Windows keyboard layout and create custom shortcuts for improved productivity.

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[plague311]

It used to be notorious "user error" in early days when it did indeed try to print the screen, users often wondered what the hell was happening, PCs seemed to freeze, if they had a printer attached their printers would start to print out reams of pages often with a few "squiggly" characters per page and so on.

If is astonishing that it took so long for it to be redfined to mean "grab a screenshot".

Ah the good ol' days when frantic office administrators would call the help line in a panic because "my whole system has gone crazy".

Though back in the day the biggest worry was the printer running out of ink before we could kill the printer spooler.

 

[Ron Obvious]

Ah the good ol' days when frantic office administrators would call the help line in a panic because "my whole system has gone crazy".

Though back in the day the biggest worry was the printer running out of ink before we could kill the printer spooler.

Funny. I never remember this ever happening to me before Windows 11. And I have had a printer for some time which is often powered on.

 

[plague311]

Funny. I never remember this ever happening to me before Windows 11. And I have had a printer for some time which is often powered on.

This is old, old. I mean...old. This wouldn't have been windows 11, but more like Windows 95.

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Look for the three vertical dots near the upper right corner of your screen. Poking around in there may help you find some candidate programs to beat on.