lloydspnm Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 I've put a screen saver in the $OEM$\$$ location and it got coped to C:\Windows OK. If also added the registry keys so it gets used by default. This all works but it now appears twice in the list of screen savers inside the GUI. I've searched the disk and there is only one copy. Both versions can be selected from the GUI and they both appear to work.Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowy Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 What are the reg keys you add? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydspnm Posted July 19, 2004 Author Share Posted July 19, 2004 The key name is SCRNSAVE.EXE under HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop.If I just drop in the name of the SCR file it works, if I give it the actual path i.e. C:\Windows\foo.SCR it doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowy Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 I think it's because of the way windows works.If you dump a .scr file in the windows directory it's listed in the drop down.Windows uses just the filename because all screensavers are placed in the windows dir.if you provide a full path I think it sees this as an extra screen saver.namely "c:\windows\foo.scr" and "foo.scr" seeing c:\windows\foo.scr as a filename instead of a full path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 also, when u place a registry key, (im guessing u are doing it by .reg file) make sure u add 2 \\ so that windows will look in the appropriate placeC:\\Windows\\foo.scr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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