Quick Windows Question

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hayes

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How do you create a short cut on the desk top, when clicked brings up the screen saver?

Thanks

Larry
 
   / Quick Windows Question #2  
I don't use a screen saver, but I do recall an icon that already exhists on the tool bar if your screen saver is active. Just click on it and it opens the program.
 
   / Quick Windows Question #3  
There's a couple ways:

Do a FIND (START-FIND-FILES OR FOLDERS), type in "*.scr" in the "named" block and browse to C:\Windows for the "Look in" block. When the search is complete, right click the screen saver you want and select CREATE SHORTCUT from the pop up menu that appears. You'll see a pop up stating the shortcut will be created on your desktop. By the way, when you type "*.scr", leave the quote marks off.
".scr" is the screensaver file extention. Now if you have AutoCAD or some other CAD program on your computer, the directions above may not work. "scr" is also the extention of AutoCAD script files.

The other way to do go <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.stratoware.com/wr>here</A> and download Windows Restart 2000. This will put an icon on your taskbar (near the Windows "clock") that allows you to run certain commands, one of which is to invoke the screen saver. Windows Restart 2000 works fine on Win 98SE, but you'll have to see what other Windows OS's it works on. This isn't a shortcut on your desktop, but I think you'll find Windows Restart a better method.
 
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#4  
Thanks for the info. The wife got a new laptop at work
and she forgot how she set this up on her old one.
 
   / Quick Windows Question #5  
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