Is it possible to connect a particular screen saver to a power plan?

Probably not but it would be cool and convenient.

Anak said:

Along with what Callender mentioned about ProcessLasso, another avenue could be you copying the .scr saver information into the theme.

Now, whether or not you can just copy the .scr into the theme or if this involves a set of related .dlls to make the .scr work as it should would require some experimentation on your part.

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Gornot said:

AFAIK, no. Screensavers are "connected" to your desktop theme - if you save a theme different from your current, and assign another screensaver to it, it should change when you which between themes.

Brilliant! Just change the theme. Do you know how I could make a shortcut to the theme and drag it onto the taskbar?

The other options are beyond my computer skills by thanks for your replies!!!

Hi,

pxfragonard said:

Do you know how I could make a shortcut to the theme and drag it onto the taskbar?

Custom user themes reside in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes. So Context-Menu -> New -> Shortcut and create a shorcut how you would normally, but append the word 'explorer' in front of the path to the selected theme file.

Example shortcut:

Code:

explorer "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\Custom.theme"

Lastly, stick it to the taskbar. (Or change the icon and/or filename first.)


A thing to note, though, is that the Personalization window must be open for the theme to change. Windows will open the Personalization window if it isn't already.

Gornot said:

Once you actually save the theme, it's not too difficult to change it via right click -> Personalize -> choosing your theme, instead of making a bunch of shortcuts on your desktop/taskbar.

So here's an idea: if you're constantly switching between screensavers but don't want to change the rest of the theme, just use the screensaver name as the theme name, and manage them in Personalization.

Actually, it's the screen saver I want to change because I have one attached to one theme and a different one attached to another. I just use the two: one for day, one for night. Having a different background image tells me at a glance which screensaver is going to be employed.

Callender said:

Well I don't actually use screen savers so I cannot test this theory but:

ProcessLasso has an option to change power plans if a certain process is running so if you've got different screen-savers with different .scr running process names then it's possible.

Configure power plan to switch to high performance when bubbles screen-saver is active:



The problem with this approach is that you might not want or need ProcessLasso's other process taming features but it does seem to indicate that what you're asking for is possible.

Also see: Change Power Plan when application starts

Thanks very much but it sounds way too complicated and I prefer to work within what the system offers first. And within my limited knowledge.