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Does anyone know a shortcut or even an AutoHotKey script that opens Screen sketch directly? i know that the shortcut Win+W opens Windows Ink Workspace but i have to select screen sketch afterward (which is annoying). Any help appreciated.

Bakr
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You can trigger Screen Sketch by opening ms-penworkspace://Capture.

Knowing this, you could create a shortcut to it - for example, on the desktop - and assign that shortcut a shortcut key like so:

Screen sketch shortcut key

Credit where it's due to this answer

Graham Wager
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  • Good idea with the shortcut. However it only shows the primary display on multi monitor setups. To screen sketch another display, the **Show Windows Ink Workspace button** needs to be checked when right clicking the taskbar. Then launch Screen Sketch with the icon now appearing on other monitor trays. I heard MS is baking it into the Win + Shift + S hotkey in their insider build to replace snipping tool, so hopefully it rolls out soon! The added drawing and annotating tools are awesome. – Jayowend Jun 20 '18 at 23:32