Screensaver from Win9X/ME - Will not show in screensaver list.

K

Kern

I have a screen saver from STINSV.com that put on a WinXP system. The
screensaver runs when double clicked on but will not show in the list of
screensavers in the Screensavers tab on Desktop properties window.
Is there some secret to get these to show up? I have even done the
Win9X/ME compatibility task without success.

Many thanks if there is an answer that works. If not, anyone know of
an LCARS style screensaver that works in WinXP?
 
G

Guest

Only the files in C:\Windows and C:\Windows\System32 and ending in *.sc
will be listed in the default screensaver list. If it ends in .scr, drag and dro
it to the System32 directory to show. If it ends in .exe it will need to b
installed.
 
A

Alex Nichol

Kern said:
I have a screen saver from STINSV.com that put on a WinXP system. The
screensaver runs when double clicked on but will not show in the list of
screensavers in the Screensavers tab on Desktop properties window.
Is there some secret to get these to show up? I have even done the
Win9X/ME compatibility task without success.


A thing to try is to right click on it and use the Install option - some
savers need registry or ini file entries that they make in this way
 
K

Kern

I have already put the .scr file in the correct directory and it still
does not show in the list. There is no install process for this as it was
created with Win98 as a target OS.

Anyone have any other ideas about this?
 

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