Windows 7: Ribbons Screen Saver - Change Settings

   Information

By default the Ribbons screen saver has no settings to set in the Screen Saver Settings window in Windows 7 and Windows 8. However, you can change the Ribbons screen saver settings through the registry instead. This will show you how to.

   Note

The default location of the Ribbons screen saver file is at C:\Windows\System32\Ribbons.scr.

   Tip

You will just need to play with the settings below and adjust the Value Data (step 8) until you get the desired affect from the selected DWORD Name (step 5).

OPTION ONE

To Restore the Default Ribbons Settings

1. Click on the download button below to download the file below.

Restore_Default_Ribbons.reg

2. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

3. Double click/tap on the extracted the .reg file to merge it.

4. Click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK if prompted.

5. When done, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

OPTION TWO

To Customize the Ribbons Settings

1. Press the Windows+R keys to open the Run dialog, type regedit, and press Enter. (See screensshot below)

2. If prompted by UAC, click on Yes.

3. In regedit, go to: (See screenshot below)

Code:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Screensavers\Ribbons

4. In the right pane, right click or press and hold on an empty area, and click/tap on New and DWORD (32-bit) Value. (See screenshot above)

5. Type in a DWORD Name from the table below that you want to change, and press Enter.

DWORD Name	Value Data	Description
Blur	0 or 1	For ribbon fade away. Set this value to 1 to enable, 0 to disable and let them draw on top of each other.
Numribbons	1 to 100	For more or less ribbons on screen. Higher value number for more ribbons.
RibbonWidth	1000000000 to 1080000000	For thinner or thicker ribbons. Higher value number for thicker ribbons.

6. Double click/tap on the DWORD Name (from step 6) to modify it.

7. Dot Decimal, type in the Value Data you want in the table above, and click/tap on OK. (See example screenshot below)

8. Repeat steps 4 to 7 to change another available DWORD Name option.
NOTE: You can add and customize one, a few, or all of the available options if you like (see table below step 5), but only add one instance of each DWORD Name in step 4 to prevent problems.

9. Close Regedit when done.