SCRNSAVE.EXE

HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop

Data type	Range	Default value
REG_SZ	File name	There is no default value for this entry.

Description

Specifies the name of the screen saver executable file.

Change method

To change the value of this entry, double-click Display in Control Panel. Click the Screen Saver tab, and then select a screen saver from the Screen saver drop-down list.

Note Image Note

Windows 2000 adds this entry to the registry when you use Display in Control Panel to select a screen saver. If you disable all screen savers by choosing (None) from the Screen Saver drop-down list box, Windows 2000 deletes this entry from the registry.

This entry can be superceded by a policy included in Windows 2000. While the Screen saver executable name Group Policy is enabled, the system ignores this entry. The setting of the Screen saver executable name policy is stored in the value of SCRNSAVE.EXE (Policies subkey).