The new slide show screen saver in Vista doesn't seem to have this option?
What you can do if you have access to an XP system, just copy the
C:\Windows\System32\ssmypics.scr file from that system and place it in the
C:\Windows\System32 folder in Vista. It will work the same way as it did in
XP.
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
"markm75" <markm75c@msn.com> wrote in message
news:1191687660.424909.34350@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> In xp.. you used to be able to see the file name / path when the my
> photos slide show would go.. now in vista this is gone..
>
> Is there any way to hack this feature back in.. or a 3rd party screen
> saver which would have it?
>
> Thanks.
>
On Oct 6, 2:41 pm, "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <r...@invalid.org> wrote:
> Mark
>
> The new slide show screen saver in Vista doesn't seem to have this option?
>
> What you can do if you have access to an XP system, just copy the
> C:\Windows\System32\ssmypics.scr file from that system and place it in the
> C:\Windows\System32 folder in Vista. It will work the same way as it did in
> XP.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> "markm75" <markm...@msn.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1191687660.424909.34350@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > In xp.. you used to be able to see the file name / path when the my
> > photos slide show would go.. now in vista this is gone..
>
> > Is there any way to hack this feature back in.. or a 3rd party screen
> > saver which would have it?
>
> > Thanks.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Thanks for the tip.. dont know why i didnt think of just doing
that It did work fine too (in vista, the xp version), now i can
see the file path when the image is shown on the slideshow
"markm75" <markm75c@msn.com> wrote in message
news:1191864818.027128.175720@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
> On Oct 6, 2:41 pm, "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <r...@invalid.org> wrote:
>> Mark
>>
>> The new slide show screen saver in Vista doesn't seem to have this
>> option?
>>
>> What you can do if you have access to an XP system, just copy the
>> C:\Windows\System32\ssmypics.scr file from that system and place it in
>> the
>> C:\Windows\System32 folder in Vista. It will work the same way as it did
>> in
>> XP.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ronnie Vernon
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>> "markm75" <markm...@msn.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1191687660.424909.34350@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > In xp.. you used to be able to see the file name / path when the my
>> > photos slide show would go.. now in vista this is gone..
>>
>> > Is there any way to hack this feature back in.. or a 3rd party screen
>> > saver which would have it?
>>
>> > Thanks.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Thanks for the tip.. dont know why i didnt think of just doing
> that It did work fine too (in vista, the xp version), now i can
> see the file path when the image is shown on the slideshow
>
>
I've been using the ssmypics.scr for my HKEY_USERS\.Default screensaver
for my Windows XP systems for years without any problems. (This is the
screensaver that runs when no user is logged on)
The HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Screen
Saver.Slideshow\ImageDirectory contains the path of the pictures that
are to be displayed when no user is logged on. I have been trying to use
the Photoscreensaver.scr and the ssmypics.scr in Vista to get this same
behaviour but it can't seem to find the location of the pictures other
than the C:\Windows folder and it doesn't even work when I put the
pictures there? Any ideas?
Both screensavers work fine when a normal user is logged on.
1. Searched procmon.log to confirm if the FolderPath key (which
determines the location of the pictures) was being read. The log showed
that the key that was being searched was:
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It did work fine too (in vista, the xp version), now i can