Mystify Screen Saver - Change Settings

How to Change the "Mystify Screen Saver" Settings in Windows 7 and Windows 8​

   Information

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

   Note

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

EXAMPLE: Mystify Screen Saver

OPTION ONE

To Restore the Default Mystify Settings

1. Click/tap on the download button below to download the file below.Restore_Default_Mystify.reg


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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 Mystify 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, then click/tap on Yes.

3. In regedit, navigate to the location below. (See screenshot below)

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

4. In the right pane, right click on a 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 line fade away. Set this value to 1 to enable, 0 to disable and let them draw on top of each other.
CameraFOV	1000000000 to 2000000000	Affects "field of view" on screen. Lower value zooms in, and higher value zooms out.
LineWidth	1000000000 to 1080000000	For thinner or thicker lines. Higher value number for thicker lines.
NumLines	1 to 100	For more or less lines on screen. Higher value number for more lines.
SpanMultiMon	0 or 1	To span multiple monitors. 1 = Treats all monitors as one large monitor to play across. 0 = Plays separately on each monitor.

6. Double click/tap on the DWORD Name (from step 5) 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.


That's it,
Shawn Brink

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[Mark]

Your a legend mate!!

 

[Brink]

Ah shucks, thank you.

 

[OEM]

Your a legend mate!!

+1, U R and just loaded with soooo much helpful info Brink!

Mystify , Bubbles , Ribbons , ....Just Awesome, I'm having a blast playing around with all of them!!!



P.S. OT: Now I just need to modify my Avatar with some kind of X-Mas Hat too cause your avatar is Amazing, Nice Job!



...and keeping the Blinking Eye, But thats for another thread.

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome mate.

 

[OEM]

Here's what I have for "Mystify", so much more action, but not overwhelming. But, play around with the registry screen saver values (within the limits of what Brink has stated) and right click DT, personalize, to the lower right screen saver ... click, then choose preview to find out right away how your newly adjusted screen saver looks.

And don't forget the other 2, bubbles & ribbons links under "Related Links" at the bottom of Brinks tutorial. Lots of fun!


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   Tip

With Mystify, Its "Style" Changes as time goes on so preview it for at least 40-60 seconds.

 

[jjjdavidson]

Another option for Mystify

There's at least one more option for Mystify.scr in Windows 7 Pro.

CameraFOV affects the "field of view" for the screen -- how wide an angle you have on the lines that are sweeping around. If CameraFOV = 1000000000, you're zoomed in really close to the middle of the lines, and they only cross the screen now and then. If CameraFOV = 2000000000, you're looking at the lines from very far away; you see a little moving squiggle in the middle of the screen that now and then throws an arm out wide.

With NumLines = 100 and CameraFOV = 2000000000, my screen starts to look like the psychedelic space travel scenes from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

CameraFOV is also available for the Ribbons screen saver, with the same range of values, but I don't think it adds much there.

There's also a SpanMultiMon keyword that presumably controls dual screen action, but I don't know how it works. By the way, on my Windows 7 Pro system, Blur doesn't do anything.

 

[Brink]

Thank you Davidson. First post updated.