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   Stanley Daniel de Liver to All   
   Re: Display change   
   29 Nov 13 21:31:24   
   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 17:13:23 -0000, Tim Meddick    
   wrote:   
      
   > Screen Saver (files) end with the [*.scr] extension, and are normally   
   > located in your   
   > [C:\WINDOWS\system32] folder.   
   >   
   They can also be .exe   
      
   > To install (and automatically switch to) a new screen saver - download,   
   > or locate, your screen saver file  ( e.g. "mysaver.scr" )  and, with   
   > your mouse, "right-click" on the file - then choose "Install" from the   
   > menu.... done.   
      
   I think the OP is here because a BATCH solution is required   
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   >   
   > Cheers,    Tim Meddick,    Peckham, London.    :-)   
   >   
   Please don't top post   
      
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   > "JohnW-Mpls"  wrote in message   
   > news:r7dh999b94fqgmd5k27g6hhvifl2utin20@4ax.com...   
   >> On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 11:02:14 +1100, foxidrive    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 29/11/2013 10:36, JohnW-Mpls wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Using a batch file in Win XP, is there a way to change the choice of   
   >>>> screen   
   >>>> savers in the Control Panel's "Display"?   
   >>>   
   >>> Do you mean to add some new ones?   
   >>   
   >> Well,that too.  Where can I find files for the ones I now have?   I   
   >> added   
   >> one a few years ago and now have no idea how or where I did that.   
   >>   
   >> However, I had asked about switching from one to another of existing   
   >> ones.   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> JohnW-MN   
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