{"id":86,"date":"2009-04-27T05:39:52","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T09:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/?p=86"},"modified":"2009-07-12T08:23:26","modified_gmt":"2009-07-12T12:23:26","slug":"windows-snipping-tool-for-windows-xp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2009\/04\/27\/windows-snipping-tool-for-windows-xp\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Snipping Tool for Windows XP\/2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Update (2009-07-12):<\/b> Download links for isxunpack.exe and i6comp.exe added.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s new Snipping Tool in Windows Vista and higher makes it easier to take screenshots of pictures than having to do Print Screen. There is a backport of this tools called Snipping Tool, but it will only install if it thinks you are running on a Tablet PC. It is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/Microsoft-Experience-Pack-for-Tablet-PC\/3000-10252_4-10729528.html\">Microsoft Experience Pack for Tablet PC<\/a> package which also features the Royale theme. However, it will only install on a tablet PC and on nothing else. Here is how to extract and run it on a regular PC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WinRAR<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/labs\/files\/i6comp.exe\">i6comp.exe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/labs\/files\/isxunpack.exe\">isxunpack.exe<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download <a title=\"Microsoft Experience Pack\" href=\"http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/Microsoft-Experience-Pack-for-Tablet-PC\/3000-10252_4-10729528.html\">Microsoft Experience Pack for Tablet PCs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Attempt to run it and you should receive an error message\u00a0 about how it can only run on tablet PCs.<\/li>\n<li>Extract the .msi file from the installer by right clicking and selecting &#8220;<strong>Extract to InstallExperiencePack\\<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<li>Open a command line and navigate to the newly created directory and type in &#8220;<strong>msiexec \/a Launcher.msi<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<li>A window should pop up. Click next and specify a temporary directory.<\/li>\n<li>After files have been extracted, open the directory in Explorer and navigate to the &#8220;<strong>Microsoft\\Experience Pack\\Data<\/strong>&#8221; sub-directory.<\/li>\n<li>Rename <strong>SnipTool.dat<\/strong> to <strong>SnipTool.exe<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Open a command line and navigate to the directory and copy <strong>isxunpack.exe<\/strong> into it.<\/li>\n<li>Run &#8220;<strong>isxunpack SnipTool.exe<\/strong>&#8221; in the command line.<\/li>\n<li>Browse to the new sub-directory &#8220;<strong>Disk1<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<li>Open a command line and navigate to the new directory and copy <strong>i6comp.exe<\/strong> into it.<\/li>\n<li>Run &#8220;<strong>i6comp.exe e data1.cab<\/strong>&#8221; and ignore the errors.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Disk1<\/strong> directory, look at the file <strong>SnippingTool.exe<\/strong> and run the file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Note that the tool will not run on nLited Windows installs without IE\/WMP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenshots<\/strong><br \/>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-86 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2009\/04\/27\/windows-snipping-tool-for-windows-xp\/tablet2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"123\" src=\"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/tablet2.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2009\/04\/27\/windows-snipping-tool-for-windows-xp\/exeunpack\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"127\" src=\"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/exeunpack.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2009\/04\/27\/windows-snipping-tool-for-windows-xp\/extract\/'><img width=\"123\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/extract.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2009\/04\/27\/windows-snipping-tool-for-windows-xp\/isunpack\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"127\" src=\"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/isunpack.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2009\/04\/27\/windows-snipping-tool-for-windows-xp\/launcher\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"76\" src=\"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/launcher.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2009\/04\/27\/windows-snipping-tool-for-windows-xp\/location\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"123\" src=\"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/location.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2009\/04\/27\/windows-snipping-tool-for-windows-xp\/snipping\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/snipping.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2009\/04\/27\/windows-snipping-tool-for-windows-xp\/sniptool\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/sniptool.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2009\/04\/27\/windows-snipping-tool-for-windows-xp\/tablet1\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"56\" src=\"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/tablet1.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>If you found this article helpful or useful, please help Compdigitec spread the word. 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