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  1. Oct 18th, 2001, 01:36 PM #1
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    Change the filename from *.exe to *.scr. Put it in %windows% folder for it to show up in the saver list. Whether or not the program has the features of a screen saver is another matter - you could do that to notepad or something.
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  2. Oct 18th, 2001, 01:36 PM #2
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    Change the extension to .scr.

    Your probably thinking I am being a smart ass...

    anyway I have played around with Screen savers... and that _is_ what you do.
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  3. Oct 18th, 2001, 02:12 PM #3
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    Screen savers also accept certain arguments for either "test" or "configure" like in the Display Properties control panel applet, but I forget what they are.
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  4. Oct 18th, 2001, 03:00 PM #4
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    They are...

    /p -> Mini Preview ( Display Properties )
    /c -> Settings Dialog
    /s -> Start the Screen Saver
    /a -> Change password
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  6. Oct 18th, 2001, 03:08 PM #5
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    The minipreview thing is extraordinarily hard to do if I recall because you have to get the handle of the little preview area and only write to it; that's why many screen savers just show their icon there instead.
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  7. Oct 18th, 2001, 03:23 PM #6
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    I have some code here that does it...

    You get the handle from the command line...

    test.scr /p 12345678
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  8. Oct 19th, 2001, 06:43 AM #7
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    Did you guys know that Win2000 (and probably NT) creates a new blank desktop and runs the screen saver on top of that?
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  9. Oct 19th, 2001, 08:41 AM #8
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    amac: is that the window or dc handle of the preview area?
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  11. Oct 21st, 2001, 02:13 PM #9
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    CornedBee: As far as I know its the handle to the preview window.

    JoshT: No I did not.
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