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steveh@devildog.att.com (Steve Hendershott)    wrote
> Is there a way to activate the Windows screensaver with a keystroke
> or mouse click rather than waiting for a timeout or running it from
> control panel? In SYSTEM.INI, the screensaver is named on a line that
> says:

There is no "built-in" way to do this, but there is a rather cool 
workaround.  The .SCR files are really just renamed executables,
as a result you can run them.  To do this add the .SCR extension to the
Programs line in win.ini.  You can then create icons for the .SCR files
and execute them to your hearts content.  If you run them plain you will
get the configuration dialog, if you add a "/s" switch on the command
the saver will blank immediately.  A useful trick is to put icons for
whichever savers you want to use in one group, leave it closed, and add
shortcut keys for each icon.

-Blake
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