newshound wrote:

FWIW, I just keep the snipping tool pinned to the taskbar together with
the other stuff that I use all the time (Word, Excel, Paint, Chrome,
Thunderbird, Spotify, etc).

That's a good observation that /any/ tool you use often can be kept handy,
but having /all/ the tools you use handy is where clutter raises its ugly
head.

Being able to edit the HOSTS file, for example, just by typing "hosts" in
the "Start Run" box, is handy, and negates the need to put a HOSTS.lnk
shortcut to clutter your taskbar.

Personally, I screenshot all the time with the Win+PrtScrn or
PrtScrn-and-paste method, where I rarely use SnippingTool.exe, so I
wouldn't want the Snipping Tool to clutter my menus.

The advantage of the "Start Run" method is it avoids clutter.

When I want it, I can just type snip!