How do I take a screenshot in Win10 in a way that places a URL into my clipboard instead of an image?

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I am taking a lot of screenshots (snippets of the screen, actually) and would like to have a one-click way to share (embeddable - with file extension) links of these uploaded images with others without having to manually upload them or copy a link.

I have been using Lightshot but it 1) requires you to manually copy a link and 2) the link it gives you is actually a webpage, and not an image.

BLAZORLOVER

Posted 2019-01-09T23:33:04.543

Reputation: 113

1To the close-votes. This question is worded in a way that avoids the product recommendation issue. OP was asking how to accomplish something, not specifying they need a recommendation for a product to accomplish it. It is also about computer hardware and software. The requested solution includes a web product, but the question is not primarily about that web product. – music2myear – 2019-01-10T16:55:33.793

Answers

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Try Greenshot.

Greenshot will allow you to instantly upload your screenshot to Imgur and will put the direct image URL in your clipboard.

After you take a screenshot, you can either have it display a menu for you to select what you want to do with the screenshot (default behavior):

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...or you can configure it to automatically upload to Imgur, eliminating an extra click:

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wysiwyg

Posted 2019-01-09T23:33:04.543

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How did you find this?! I've been searching for hours. Thank you. – BLAZORLOVER – 2019-01-10T00:17:08.787

@user666 You're welcome. I've been using it for a long time. Glad it helped. – wysiwyg – 2019-01-10T00:18:05.767

2Pretty much all screenshot assist applications office this feature. Greenshot is one such. I personally prefer/use ShareX, which also does this. – music2myear – 2019-01-10T16:54:16.670