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By Abhishek Ghosh November 29, 2010 10:20 am Updated on October 17, 2014

Create a shortcut to start the screensavers in Windows 7

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Create a shortcut to start those default screensaver is a trick that works on Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista and even Microsoft Windows XP.

Instructions:

1. Right-click the desktop and select New Shortcut:

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2. To start the screen saver, you must enter the full path to the screensaver file:

% Systemroot% \ system32 \ ssText3d.scr

You can substitute the name of the screensaver ssText3d.scr by the name of your file:

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3. Click Next and then click Finish. Modify the name if you want. A shortcut will be created on the Windows 7 desktop. Double click it to run the screensaver when you wish:

create shortcut to windows 7 default screensavers-54. You can change the Icon to your favorite icon too. To do this, right click over the screensaver shortcut on Windows 7  desktop > Go to properties > Click change icon > Browse and select the icon you want.

If you do not know the name of the screensaver file, navigate to the folder:

C: \ Windows \ system32 \

and search with extension *.Scr, using the search box.
Once listed we will see all the names of all the screensavers installed on your system, we can use in the address field:

create shortcut to windows 7 default screensavers-2This is how I am running it:

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    June 25, 2011 at 12:44 pm

    Just blowing some free time on Digg and I found your post . Not typically what I prefer to learn about, but it was definitely worth my time. Thanks.

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Cite this article as: Abhishek Ghosh, "Create a shortcut to start the screensavers in Windows 7," in The Customize Windows, November 29, 2010, February 1, 2023, https://thecustomizewindows.com/2010/11/create-a-shortcut-to-start-the-screen-saver-in-windows-7/.

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