Adobe Express Photos is hijacking Shift+S (Windows 11 hotkey)

Question

For the past several days, Adobe Express Photos has hijacked the Shift+S keypress (not Ctrl+Shift+S or Win+Shift+S) on my Win11 computer. When I type Shift+S in any program (MS Word, browser, etc.) it isn't received by the program but rather launches Adobe Express Photos (it is treated as a hotkey for Adobe Express Photos).

Initially I had to end the Adobe Express Photos task in order to restore sanity to my computer.

The Adobe’s AI chat directed me to the settings in Adobe Express Photo. Under Screenshot Shortcut, there are two shortcuts, Print Screen and Win+Shift+S, which were both enabled. I disabled both of them, and that resolves my issue (even though my issue is with Shift+S, without the Windows key).

I never use Adobe Express Photos and never enabled these settings in the first place.

Amitej S · Accepted Answer

Hi Everyone! You may want to check these articles to get this sorted out:

The second link would help with the Revert Print Screen settings.

wriba · Answer

In settings I unchecked both “Print Screen” and “win-shift-s” options (only Print Screen was active) and the problem went away. Crazy that Adobe apparently auto installed this package without even testing it? Who would bind shift-s to anything but “S”.

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Scanning file for viruses.

This file cannot be downloaded