Run .exe file as screen saver

[Kanga 85]

In XP I wish to run an .exe file as a screen saver. I change the .exe to
..scr and put the file in \windows\system32, but when I right click the
desktop, properties, screen saver, the file I want to install as a screen
saver is not listed in the drop-down menu. Obviously something else which
is required. What?
Thank you for any help.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Kanga 85" <[email protected]>

| In XP I wish to run an .exe file as a screen saver. I change the .exe to
| .scr and put the file in \windows\system32, but when I right click the
| desktop, properties, screen saver, the file I want to install as a screen
| saver is not listed in the drop-down menu. Obviously something else which
| is required. What?
| Thank you for any help.

SCR files are indeed EXE files but, have been programmed and compiled to specifically to run
as a Screen Saver.
You can't just rename any EXE file to SCR and expect it to work as a Screen Saver.

 

[HEMI-Powered]

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In XP I wish to run an .exe file as a screen saver. I change
the .exe to .scr and put the file in \windows\system32, but
when I right click the desktop, properties, screen saver, the
file I want to install as a screen saver is not listed in the
drop-down menu. Obviously something else which is required.
What? Thank you for any help.

There's some header info in the EXE file that tells Windows that it
is really a screen saver. Short of recompiling it, it's pretty
tough to simulate this AFAIK.

 

[Kanga 85]

From: "Kanga 85" <[email protected]>

| In XP I wish to run an .exe file as a screen saver. I change the .exe to
| .scr and put the file in \windows\system32, but when I right click the
| desktop, properties, screen saver, the file I want to install as a screen
| saver is not listed in the drop-down menu. Obviously something else which
| is required. What?
| Thank you for any help.

SCR files are indeed EXE files but, have been programmed and compiled to specifically to run
as a Screen Saver.
You can't just rename any EXE file to SCR and expect it to work as a Screen Saver.

Thanks Dave and Hemi