Jamie did. The screen dimmed for a split second.

Alex replied. "But that goes to the clipboard again—not a file. Paste it somewhere to save it."

That’s when Jamie’s older sibling, Alex, walked in.

Alex smiled. 1. The "Hidden Clipboard" (PrtScn alone) Alex explained: "When you press just PrtScn , Windows copies the entire screen to the clipboard —a temporary hidden storage. It’s not saved as a file yet. You have to paste it somewhere, like Paint or Word, using Ctrl+V, then save it manually."

Jamie opened the folder, and there it was—a perfectly saved PNG file, automatically named Screenshot (1).png .