I'm currently developing a screensaver for Windows. I am curious as to how I can get my screensaver to display in the little screensaver selection window in the Control Panel under Personalization. Is it in the Registry or something? Or am I going to have to contact Mr. Bill himself to figure this out?
moreautemps 0 Newbie Poster
Saith 74 Junior Poster
Good luck trying to contact Mr. Bill for that answer.
I suggest googling it. As I just did,
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-to-make-your-own-screensavers-windows/
Question? How is this related to C++? If you have any program that you would like use to look at, I know I would be interested in seeing any progress you've made.
katmai539 62 Junior Poster in Training
Take a look at this page (as this is what i think you are looking for)
http://www.clearnight.com.au/cnsss.htm
To answer your question directly:
Your screensaver needs to handle a command line option, in this case /P (as in Preview)
Good luck and i'm curious too of what you're making...
moreautemps 0 Newbie Poster
Thanks guys!
pretty much cleared it up for me.
The idea I had was a simple RTS that would play itself. :) I'm pretty stoked.
By the way, I apologize for posting this in the C++ section but that's the language I'm using... and I'm new here. Silly me! I'll know better next time. :)
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