A tiny file that you run as administrator, which then changes what your PC allows, deserves one question first: what exactly does it change? Here is the mechanism behind a script like the one in the video, and a two minute check you can do on any script before it ever runs.
In the video the tool arrives as a small download and opens as a plain menu - 1 disables the Snipping Tool, 2 brings it back. In the interest of the same honesty this whole guide follows: the video does not print the script's source code on screen, so this page will not pretend to quote it line by line. What can be stated plainly is the mechanism. The visible result - tool blocked, then restored - is exactly what the standard Windows policy switch for the Snipping Tool does, and there is a simple way to confirm that on your own machine, before and after.
One DWORD value is the whole story of this fix. If a script for this job touches much more than this, that is worth a second look.
Scripts that disable the Snipping Tool work by writing the policy value DisableSnippingTool with data 1 under the TabletPC policy key - the same value the Group Policy setting Do not allow Snipping Tool to run writes. Restoring means deleting that value or setting it to 0. That is why the menu in the video can be so simple: behind option 1 and option 2 there is one registry write each, not a deep system change.
The policy area under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE is deliberately protected. A standard user account cannot write there, so any tool that sets a machine-wide policy must run elevated. This is also a safety feature in disguise: a script like this cannot quietly change the policy from a normal, non-admin session. When a small downloaded file asks for admin rights, that request itself is normal for this job - what matters is what the file does with them, which is the next card.
Batch and registry scripts are plain text. That is your protection - use it, every time:
reg add and read which key and value they touchTabletPC policy value and little elseThe same rule covers .reg files: they open as readable text, and a legitimate one for this task is only a few lines long.
Trust, but check - it takes thirty seconds. After pressing 1, open Registry Editor and look at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC: the DisableSnippingTool value should sit there with data 1. Try the Snipping Tool - it should refuse to open. Then run the script's option 2 and look again: the value is gone or set to 0, and the tool opens. Now you do not have to take the tool's word for anything.
The video shares its script through its own page and comments. Stay with that source. Search results and file-sharing sites are full of files named things like "disable snipping tool fix" that wrap a two-line script inside an installer full of junk - a classic way to smuggle adware onto office PCs. A useful size check: the real thing is tiny. If the download is large, or it offers to install extra software on the way, it is not the file from the video.
See the script's menu working live, then decide for yourself whether to run it or do the same edit by hand.
▶️ Watch Full VideoThe video does not display the source code on screen. Its menu behaviour - 1 to disable, 2 to restore - matches the standard DisableSnippingTool policy value, and you can confirm the result yourself in Registry Editor after running it.
Only if you have read it first. Open it in Notepad, confirm it changes the Snipping Tool policy value and nothing unexpected, and download it only from the creator's own links.
Anything a batch or registry script changed is written in its text - read it and you have the list. Removing the DisableSnippingTool value restores the tool; for anything else the script touched, the same text tells you exactly what to undo.