From Harold (one of the original questions regarding granddaughter's new
Toshiba laptop)
<snip> 1. Where are the original screensavers to be found? <snip> --- Harold
From: Hugh Vandervoort
Screensavers are .scr files. Use Vista's search feature to find them. My
guess is they are in the Windows folder, but I don't know. Why do you want
to know? I'll bet you're removing the ones you don't use. --- Hugh
This bet you'd lose but I can understand the guess. Yes, there was a time
I'd be removing those savers I don't intend to use, keeping only the
"blank". Now I keep them all "just in case". Reason I asked is that I like
to put a folder in the Start menu called "Screensavers" with all the
shortcuts to those savers. Then I'll pick one of the shortcuts and go to
Properties and add a "Shortcut Key" (let's say J or comma; two keys I can
easily find even in the dark), and if I want to immediately put the
screensaver on for any reason, it's Ctrl+Alt+Shortcut key.
It's no problem on my XP but with my granddaughter's Vista, things seem very
different. I think I did try *.scr with no results. I'll try it again when
she's here
Regarding:
2. How do you make all files visible?
3. How do I stop the mouse-overs? Files are opening up all around me without
my permission.
I'll keep looking around. Strange that I couldn't find the "make all files
visible" option which of course is easy to find in 95 and in XP. And once,
by accident (which I don't know if I'll find it again), I did come across
some configuration window where mouse-overs can be stopped. I was in a
hurry, she had to leave, maybe it'll happen again.
The recycle bin is back; it was very early in my "deletion spree" so I
easily reinstalled the system.
However, I know that in XP, if you want to create a recycle bin or change
the name of it, in the registry you navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}...
and that's where it is. If you lose it for whatever reason, you just create
that {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}in the left pane, modify in the
right, and enter "Recycle Bin" (sans quotes). For some reason, that didn't
work in Vista. --- Harold
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