Region capture doesn't work

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Centauri27
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Region capture doesn't work

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For some reason, the Region Capture feature in my Capture 3 is no longer working. When I press the Ctrl-Shift-R hotkey, I see the crosshair and the magnifier, but I cannot select the area to capture. Instead, the mouse pointer continues to behave normally and I can click elements on my desktop, all the while the Capture crosshair is present. I do not get the "OK" and "Cancel" buttons and there is no way to dismiss the crosshair other than forcibly terminating the Capture application. I have closed/restarted Capture with no success. I even ran the Capture installation and used the "Repair" option--no change.

Does anyone know why this is happening?

Thanks.
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Re: Region capture doesn't work

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Is [ctrl] + [shift] + [r] being used as a keyboard shortcut by the application that has focus?
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Re: Region capture doesn't work

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Nope--I have not mapped that hotkey to anything else, though Firefox treats it as a refresh. The really strange thing is that region capture was working fine yesterday...
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You've tried rebooting the PC?
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Re: Region capture doesn't work

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Yes, I eventually rebooted the PC and Capture worked normally again. But now the problem has returned, and rebooting doesn't work. Very annoying. I'll try filing a bug report.
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Re: Region capture doesn't work

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I'd also try to reset the window layout. In Capture Window -> Layouts -> Reset Window Layout... and click OK on the resulting dialog (after you read it, of course :wink: )

No guarantees, but it might help.
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