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- From: blakeco@microsoft.com (Blake Coverett)
- Subject: Re: SCREENSAVER IN WINDOWS
- Message-ID: <1992Aug11.024026.19415@microsoft.com>
- Date: 11 Aug 92 02:40:26 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Canada Inc.
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- steveh@devildog.att.com (Steve Hendershott) wrote
- > Is there a way to activate the Windows screensaver with a keystroke
- > or mouse click rather than waiting for a timeout or running it from
- > control panel? In SYSTEM.INI, the screensaver is named on a line that
- > says:
-
- There is no "built-in" way to do this, but there is a rather cool
- workaround. The .SCR files are really just renamed executables,
- as a result you can run them. To do this add the .SCR extension to the
- Programs line in win.ini. You can then create icons for the .SCR files
- and execute them to your hearts content. If you run them plain you will
- get the configuration dialog, if you add a "/s" switch on the command
- the saver will blank immediately. A useful trick is to put icons for
- whichever savers you want to use in one group, leave it closed, and add
- shortcut keys for each icon.
-
- -Blake
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