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peted@iinet.net.au wrote:

> I want to be able to call the exe with a parameter (on or off) and it
> disables/enables the screen saver without a reboot.
> 
> Can anyone suggest how to do this

The same question was asked by someone else a few hours ago. The answer
given was:

> Try this to activate
>     char sscr[MAX_PATH];
>     char WindowsDir[MAX_PATH];
>     GetWindowsDirectory(WindowsDir, MAX_PATH);
>     GetShortPathName(((AnsiString)WindowsDir + "\\" +
> SCREENSAVERNAME).c_str(), sscr, MAX_PATH);
>     WritePrivateProfileString("boot", "SCRNSAVE.EXE", sscr,
> "system.ini");     SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE,
> TRUE, NULL, 0);     SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETSCREENSAVETIMEOUT,
> 60*StrToInt(Edit4->Text), NULL, 0);
> 
> and this to remove
>     WinExec("rundll32.exe desk.cpl,InstallScreenSaver (None)",
> SW_HIDE );
> Dave

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