Article ID: 82811 - Last Review: October 13, 2003 - Revision: 2.0

Adding Screen Savers to Control Panel's Desktop Dialog Box

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SUMMARY

Additional screen savers can be added to Control Panel's Desktop dialog box list by copying the screen saver files into the WINDOWS or WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. (The files can be copied using File Manager.)

The Microsoft Windows Entertainment Pack's IdleWild screen savers will also be added to the Desktop dialog box list provided that the system is configured properly (see below).

MORE INFORMATION

Control Panel scans the WINDOWS and WINDOWS\SYSTEM directories for files with the *.SCR extension. It also checks the header of each *.SCR file for a specific code indicating that it is a Windows 3.1 compatible screen saver. If the screen saver meets this criterion, its descriptive name will be listed in the Desktop dialog box's Screen Saver list box.

For IdleWild screen savers to be listed in the Control Panel Desktop dialog box, the following conditions must be met:

  1. IWLIB.DLL must be in the same directory as the IdleWild screen saver files (*.IW).
  2. The directory with IWLIB.DLL and the IdleWild screen savers must either be on the MS-DOS path (which is set in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file) or they must be located in the WINDOWS or WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
  3. The file SCRNSAVE.SCR (provided with Windows 3.1) must be in the WINDOWS or WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows 3.1 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 3.11 Standard Edition
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