Keyboard shortcut to screensaver


  1. Newt
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    Keyboard shortcut to screensaver


    Hi,I used to have a keyboard shortcut to my screensaver but now It's not working.

    I have tried and tried to make another one but have had no success.

    I have done the google search for the answer but no help there.

    I have a shortcut to one screensaver on my desktop and made a keyboard shortcut to it.

    I have tried finding the screensaver folder in explorer but no luck there.

    I have tried a multitude of searches on net and explorer,I have tried many keyboard shortcuts to the files I find to .scr but no luck.

    Now I am asking here.

    How to make a keyboard shortcut to the scrensaver .
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  3. torrentg
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    The .exe (or .scr) for it is on system32 folder. Make a shortcut to that when you find the specific one.
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  4. Newt
    Posts : 70
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    Solved,could not do it the system 32 way,tried that before,so I found the .scr folder from my old XP folders and used that one.

    A workaround but it works.
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