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How to set Screensaver from an Application? Yavuz Bogazci 07-06-2005
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Posted by Yavuz Bogazci on July 6, 2005, 3:19 am
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 Hi,

i wanted to know, how to set a Screensaver programmatically? I mean where
must i set wich parameters? Registry?

Thank you
Yavuz Bogazci


Posted by Doug Knox MS-MVP on July 7, 2005, 3:49 am
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 Screen saver settings are per user.

In the Registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

ScreenSaveActive
REG_SZ
Value of 1 or 0 (0 is Off)

ScreenSaverIsSecure
REG_SZ
Value of 1 or 0 (0 does not require a password to resume)

ScreenSaveTimeOut
REG_SZ
Value in seconds to wait for the screen saver to kick in

SCRNSAVE.EXE
REG_SZ
Path to the screen saver executable.

I don't know if any other API calls would be necessary to refresh the system, to
tell it to use the new screen saver or not. I would assume so.


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> Hi,
>
> i wanted to know, how to set a Screensaver programmatically? I mean where
> must i set wich parameters? Registry?
>
> Thank you
> Yavuz Bogazci


Posted by Robert Schlabbach on July 7, 2005, 3:00 pm
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> i wanted to know, how to set a Screensaver programmatically?
> I mean where must i set wich parameters? Registry?

Have a look at this:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1165550,00.asp

Regards,«
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Robert Schlabbach
e-mail: robert_s@gmx.net
Berlin, Germany




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