[SpamCop-Geeks] Re: screensaver problems

[Anon_]

"Blammo" <ric.gates at bigsleep.org> wrote in message
news:Xns9603A3EAEA85Cblammo at 216.154.195.61...
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> > "Blammo" <ric.gates at bigsleep.org> wrote in message
> > news:Xns9602C11D7B731blammo at 216.154.195.61...
> >>
> >> > Any ideas why ALL the icons do this instead of activating the actual
> >> > screensaver?
> >> >
> >>
> >> The default action for scr has been changed.
> >> Open Windows Explorer, then from the menu (I think...)
> >> Tools - Options
> >> Select the File Types tab
> >> Find Screen Saver and select it
> >> Click Edit
> >> Select Test
> >> Click Set Default
> >
> > ***
> > Actually, that is where it was set originally - still nothing.
> >
>
> - Spelling Police caught me -
>
> Oh, you did say you had to go to Properties - Test, so maybe we didn't go
> deep enough into it.
>
> In the above scenario, instead of the last line "set default"...
>
> Click Edit...
> in "Application used to perform action", it should say
> "%1" /S
>
> exactly that.
> - equivalent to: "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\3D Maze.scr" /s
>

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Problem - computer that works has: configure = "%1", Test = %1" /s.
Computer that does not work has: configure windows\rundll32.exe
desk.cpc,installscreensaver % (no quotes), test = same as configure.

Clicking set default always put those values there.

When I tried to replace with the 'good' computer I always got "program
specified could not be found" and refused to accept the new values.

Registry values were same in both computers.

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> If that doesn't do the trick, then there's some registry entry somewhere
> that's messed it up. You can compare your settings with that of other
> similar (Win98) systems.
> You can trace it in the registry, not actually too hard but requires some
> intelligence - you can search the registry for "screen saver" which will
> take you to "scrfile" where you will see the settings we saw above, then
> you can search for "scrfile" and trace that (and hopefully find "filetype
> .scr").
>
> Some application may have changed these settings, perhaps a virus scanner,
> or more likely something the repair did or program used changed it
> somewhere. I have this problem all the time with programs like PaintShop
> Pro, so I try not to use them. If you change your settings for file type
> handlers, the program may change it back every time you run it. If it's a
> virus scanner doing it, then it will change it back every time you reboot.
>
>
> -- 
> | Ric
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