Hi, I need to programatically change settings for the Photo Screensaver. The registry keys used in Windows Vista no longer apply in Windows 7. I tried using a folder with an uncommon folder name to point the Photo Screensaver to so that it would be easier to find in the registry. When I do a registry search, the folder name cannot be found. Maybe this is kept in a settings file somewhere instead of the registry? We use a custom photo deck for our screensaver and it hasn't worked well to put it in the Pictures folder. You'll end up displaying personal photos along with the custom photos.
I have been making a folder in Program Files and pointing the screensaver there. The settings I would like to be able to change are: Use pictures from: (you browse to the folder that contains your photos) Slide show speed: (change the transition speed of the photos) Shuffle pictures: (I would like to be able to check this box so the photos display randomly) If anyone knows where to find these settings, it would be greatly appreciated if you could share the location of these settings.
Here: HKEYCURRENTUSER Software Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer Slideshow Screensaver In three different values namely EncryptedPIDL, Speed & Shuffle. The folder path is stored in an encrypted form such as below: FAAfUOBP0CDqOmkQotgIACswMJ0ZAC9EOlwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUAAx AAAAAABIPOZmEABCYWNrdXAAADoACAAEAOOzzobEg85mYqAAAAliIAAAAABAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEIAYQBjAGsAdQBwAAAAFgBGADEAAAAAAEc8R1EQAEltZwA0 AAgABADvvjs8YzVHPEdRKgAAAKQiAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABJAG0AZwAA ABIAAAA= Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience. Here: HKEYCURRENTUSER Software Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer Slideshow Screensaver In three different values namely EncryptedPIDL, Speed & Shuffle. The folder path is stored in an encrypted form such as below: FAAfUOBP0CDqOmkQotgIACswMJ0ZAC9EOlwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUAAx AAAAAABIPOZmEABCYWNrdXAAADoACAAEAOOzzobEg85mYqAAAAliIAAAAABAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEIAYQBjAGsAdQBwAAAAFgBGADEAAAAAAEc8R1EQAEltZwA0 AAgABADvvjs8YzVHPEdRKgAAAKQiAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABJAG0AZwAA ABIAAAA= Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience. Also note that there are a few other settings located as follows.
These are the same as Vista: HKEYCURRENTUSER Control Panel Desktop SCRNSAVE.EXE HKEYCURRENTUSER Control Panel Desktop ScreenSaveActive HKEYCURRENTUSER Control Panel Desktop ScreenSaverIsSecure HKEYCURRENTUSER Control Panel Desktop ScreenSaveTimeout I also noticed that HKEYCURRENTUSER Control Panel Desktop SCRNSAVE.EXE does not get overwritten when this value is preset in the default user registry hive. When logging in as a user for the first time, this single value is not being set for some reason but every other setting is applied.
I have to manually select Photos as my screensaver even though it is set correctly in the default user registry hive. After doing that, the Photos screensaver is already pointed to the path of my custom folder containing our photos thanks to Ramesh. Vista worked just fine using this same method. Not sure why Microsoft needed to change this operability. It was fine the way it was.
Now it looks like the user profile screensaver is forced to None by default. Is there another way to set the user's screensaver to any type of your choosing without having to do it manually? I've tried this many different ways using Reg Add exporting it from Regedit and no matter what I try the path never gets set. Even with the same path on two different machines the value is different.
Is there any API I can call to set this properly. The value for EncryptedPIDL is different between the two machine and importing this between the machines doesn't change the path at all. I, too have been looking for how to generate an EncryptedPIDL to import (since it's unique per workstation). So, any help would be appreciated. It would be nice to be able to set this via GPO as well. Hi, folks: That string is encoded in Base64, without headers. There is a Windows API that encrypt binary arrays (the PIDL) to Base64,.
The dwFlags parameter should be set to CRYPTSTRINGBASE64. Our problem is the inverse, given a Base64 string (the encoded PIDL), get the decoded PIDL. There's an API for that, too!,. The dwFlags parameter should also be set to CRYPTSTRINGBASE64. I think it is not hard to write a small program that uses those API's (and some more to get a 'readable' path from the PIDL); ask in the MSDN forums to get directions if you get stuck. Hope this helps, Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience. I like the trasitional effects and none of the screensaver programs in Vista or Windows 7 worked like the program on XP.
And options suck in all the Vista and Windows 7 built in screensaver programs. I looked for two years and tried webshots, but it seem to stick on the same group of pictures over and over again, plus I think there might be 'spy ware'????
I found Endless Slideshow Screensaver and it is a free desktop screensaver for Windows. I downloaded the program, I scaned it for virus and spyware and it was clear. It works nice.
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I'm happy and I love seeing all my pictures like in the XP days!! I hope you will enjoy it too. Apparantly, the bright people at MS hardcoded the registry key named “encryptedpidl” - that points to the location of the pictures - with the user name used when creating a user profile (as opposed to a variable that takes the current user name when applying a mandatory profile). As a result, when using mandatory user profiles from the server, the user will get an error message relating to the fact that the screen saver is looking for pictures in the picture folder of a non-existant user folder. This had worked just fine in Windows XP. (And don’t even get me started on other user profile things that we system admins rely on but MS broke in Win7) And just for fun, they also encoded the registry key, because, as we know, the location of the screen saver picture files is classified information and nobody should be messing with it. Anyway, through some freak stroke of luck, I managed to resolve this issue in an acceptable way.
Through various experimentation, I managed to get the registry key “encryptedpidl” to contain the encrypted value of% USERNAME% DOCUMENTS PICTURES1. So although I had read in this thread that the value of this registry key is different from computer to computer, somehow when this value is part of the registry when creating the user profile then it will work correctly for each user who gets that mandatory profile, as it did in WinXP.
I had made this additonal folder called Pictures1 and placed the screen saver pictures I wanted there. Ideally it should point to the Pictures folder and not Pictures1, but once I got it working with Pictures1 I decided to quit while I was ahead. Besides, since I am using mandatory profiles on student computers, I am not concerned with students saving their own pictures there from session to session. Here is the registry entry: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 HKEYCURRENTUSER Software Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer Slideshow Screensaver EncryptedPIDL'='FAAfREcaA1lyP6dEicVVlf5rMO4gAAAAGgDuu/4jAAAQANCa0/2PI69GrbRshUgD accAAFgAMQAAAAAAXD1WhhAAUElDVFVSfjEAAEAACAAEAOXD1Qhlw9VoYqAAAA y4kBAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAaQBjAHQAdQByAGUAcwAxAAAAGAAAAA ' Note that for some strange reason, I cannot just click and import this.reg file. I needed to edit the EncryptedPIDL value in Regedit, and copy and paste the data into it one line at a time.
Hope this helps somebody. Here is the registry entry:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00HKEYCURRENTUSER Software Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer Slideshow ScreensaverEncryptedPIDL'='FAAfREcaA1lyP6dEicVVlf5rMO4gAAAAGgDuu/4jAAAQANCa0/2PI69GrbRshUgDaccAAFgAMQAAAAAAXD1WhhAAUElDVFVSfjEAAEAACAAEAOXD1Qhlw9VoYqAAAAy4kBAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAaQBjAHQAdQByAGUAcwAxAAAAGAAAAA This entry will export and import into the registry. When the key is exported, the EncryptedPIDL is fragmented - that is why it will not seem to import. Open the exported registry file in notepad and disable word wrap. Combine all the EncryptedPIDL lines so it is one huge run-on line of code. Save the.reg file and import!
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Tested and works! You can now set network locations for slideshow screensavers, export the registry settings and use gpo, startup scripts, config manager etc. To set the registry keys on multiple Win 7 client machines in your corporate environment. Hi All, I believe I've got the easiest solution Just take c: WINDOWS system32 ssmypics.scr from WinXP x32 and distribute it to your Win7, 8 and 8.1 x32 & x64 workstations along with your pictures, maybe even in the same policy. Then apply one domain policy with screensaver settings to and no need for all these coding and other shamanisms. And you even don't need to apply different WMI filters to filter different OS versions. IMHO slideshow from XP with transition effects looks much nicer than the one from Win 7 or 8. Good day, friends.
I spent this week for this problem. I did not solve if yet, but I have important information for you, you have to know. I make a program, which make PILD of my folder, encrypt it with base64 and place it in registry, that's ok. But this do not work anyway(PV doesn't show anything). I check it, I read encrypted string, convert it to PIDL, then parse it to well-reading string, so I saw my path as I try to set it to PVScreensaver.
Well, then I took SSaver and set my path via it. Then I again read encrypted string, make a PIDL and make a path - so it was my path again, 1 to 1. Then I saw what's different? The difference is in PIDLes. I see them in memory, my PIDL is small, about 0x80 bytes, but native PIDL is about 0x190, and I see some dll name and something more in it. Perhaps, PVS adds something to PIDL? What and how we can add something to PIDL?
I tried to parse PIDL by parts, but I see: nothing (it's my comp), then 'C: ' then 'C: path1 ' and so on. Both time just my path.
Endless Slideshow Screensaver from Extreme Internet Software is a free slideshow screensaver that automatically searches for new desktop wallpaper online, downloads it, and displays it in your slideshow queue, so you always have new pictures to see. You can select categories for the program to search for, such as Nature, Animals, Cars, Girls, Men, or Cartoons. While the concept is interesting, we're not sure about the execution. We installed Endless Slideshow Screensaver, opened its Settings dialog, and deselected all of the categories except one, Space. We clicked Preview, and the program opened and started downloading images, which it displayed shortly after the downloading began. The pictures were all high-quality astronomical images, many from NASA, and the slideshow employed a variety of different transitions and wipes to keep things interesting, though of course you can configure transition style, timing, and so on.
When the downloading ceased, the screen preview ended. We set our screensaver timer for 1 minute, and, right on cue, Endless Slideshow Screensaver began its presentation. Next we clicked the program's desktop icon and reopened the Settings. We selected the Local pictures tab, which automatically indexed our picture library, though it's simple to add and remove specific folders. We clicked Preview, and the slideshow began displaying familiar images from our snapshot library. The Viewer and Slideshow tabs host familiar controls for changing how the slideshow looks and acts, while the Internet tab allows you to configure a proxy server.
Online image search and retrieval are accomplished by something called Extreme Picture Finder, which seems to be a downgraded version of an image search and download tool from the same publisher. Endless Slideshow Screensaver performs well and is based on an interesting concept, yet that concept is slightly troubling to us. In a nutshell, you can't control or even tell where the pictures are coming from, and there seem to be no filters or security options. We recommend it with reservations; those concerned about security will still find the local option to be a nice slideshow screensaver. From Endless Slideshow Screensaver is a unique free photo slide show screensaver for Windows. It has all features ordinary slide show screensavers have: unlimited number of pictures from local or network folders in the slide show, support for all major picture formats (some RAW formats are supported also), more than 240 vivid transition effects, customizable transition duration and delay between pictures, automatic picture resize and many, many others.
But what makes this screensaver unique? Endless Slideshow Screensaver automatically finds, downloads, saves and displays free desktop wallpapers from the Internet. You can choose what kind of wallpapers to download from more than 20 categories: Cars, Nature, Flowers, Anime, Girls, Sports, 3D, Movies and so on. Simply select all the categories you like in the screensaver settings and enjoy new wallpapers day after day! And you can set any picture that is currently displayed by the screensaver as your desktop background with a single key press - it will not interrupt the slide show. And best of all - Endless Slideshow Screensaver is absolutely free, so download it now and enjoy!
. Press Windows+I to open the Settings app. Click “Personlization.”. Switch to the “Lock Screen” tab. Click the “Screen saver settings” link.
Though on modern LCD displays, screen savers still can be fun. For many of us, they provide something nice to look at—or provide useful information—when our computers go idle after a few minutes. In Windows 10’s continued——push to move settings from the Control Panel to the new Settings app, the screen saver settings have been relegated to an unexpected slot within the Personalization settings. Worse still, you can’t even get to the setting by searching the Start menu.
Here’s how to find it. And then click the “Screen saver settings” link. In the end, you’ll come to the “Screen Saver Settings” dialog box, which should look pretty familiar to you. Nothing about it has changed in the last several versions of Windows. Choose a screen saver from the dropdown, adjust any options via the “Settings” button, set how long Windows should wait before engaging the screen saver, and decide whether it should display the logon screen—and ask for a password—when resuming. Like we said, screen savers are mostly for fun these days, but hiding the setting is still pretty irritating. Do you still use screen savers on Windows? Have a question or comment you would like to contribute?
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