How to install screensavers windows 7 64 programmatically?

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Hi,
I know how to install a screen saver to Windows Xp or Windows 7 32

rundll32.exe "desk.cpl,InstallScreenSaver {sys}\MyScreenSaver.scr"

but this code do not works on Windows 7 64 (or may be on some computers)

Any ideas?

Thank you.

Posted 25-Jan-12 6:43am

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Updated 23-Jan-23 2:34am

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Solution 1

I had this problem myself building an installer. If you try to install into the Windows\System32 directory it gets redirected into Windows\SysWOW64 - but the control panel doesn't look there for screen savers.

In the end I settled on installing into the Windows directory - the control panel does look for screen savers there.

Posted 25-Jan-12 7:54am

Graham Breach

Solution 3

rundll32.exe desk.cpl,InstallScreenSaver {sys}\MyScreenSaver.scr

you can remove the <"> double quotes out of your command, then it will execute success

Posted 23-Jan-23 2:34am

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Dave Kreskowiak 23-Jan-23 8:41am

I seriously doubt the OP is working on this 11 years later.

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thechazm · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-25T09:59:00

You might want to take a look at this MSDN site for Control Panel items. Since in your rundll32.exe you are calling for the desk.cpl. This website has a different viewpoint that works on 64 bit operating systems.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc144191(VS.85).aspx[^]

Hope this helps,

TheChazm