Screen Saver start - hotkey or mouse

Is there a way to start a screen saver with a hot-key or a mouse gesture (or perhaps by putting the mouse into a certain corner for a certain amount of seconds)?

I would like the ability to start the screen saver on command without going to the display option and clicking the preview button. For example, when surfing the web or watching a video, I would like to push alt-s or something similar, or perhaps move the mouse to a corner, and the screen saver starts automatically, right away, then acts normally as if it started by itself (meaning, it is "on" until I move the mouse or push a key).

Any way to do this?

Win7U64

You could create a shortcut to toggle the screensaver on and off and assign a key combo to activate that shortcut via "shortcut properties > shortcut > shortcut key". Something like this maybe?
Windows Tips: Toggle Your Screen Saver With a Single Click - PC World

Hmm, that is interesting but its not what I'm looking for. That article explains how to toggle the screen saver OFF and ON with two shortcuts. This is actually usable, but its not what I need.

I need a shortcut, hotkey, or mouse gesture that will actually start the screensaver, instead of waiting the assigned number of minutes (either/or).

Same thing - create a shortcut to C:\Windows\System32\SCREENSAVERFILE.scr

Assign hotkey

go.

salvinorum said:

I need a shortcut, hotkey, or mouse gesture that will actually start the screensaver, instead of waiting the assigned number of minutes (either/or).

gforce23 said:

You could create a shortcut to toggle the screensaver on and off and assign a key combo to activate that shortcut via "shortcut properties > shortcut > shortcut key".

Well...

Same thing - create a shortcut to C:\Windows\System32\SCREENSAVERFILE.scr

Assign hotkey

go.

Oh yeah, of course, how simple, why in the world didn't I think of that, duh!

Thanx for the reminder! So simple.

Oh, one more thing. Should I use the .scr files in syswow64 directory or the system32 directory?

System32

I have Windows7 64bit OS. The screensaver executable on my system is C:\Windows\System32\scrnsave.scr and not C:\Windows\System32\SCREENSAVERFILE.scr . Others might be in a similar boat. Just an FYI.