Thread: Windows Vista Issue SS settings drops MA3
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Old 02-02-2009, 02:37 PM   #21
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When MA3 doesn't show up in the Display Properties list of screensavers, it's because the program is not in the Windows/System32 directory. That's where the system looks when it builds the list.

Using the right-click-Install method does not move the program into the proper directory in XP (I believe it does in Vista). It works by just giving Windows a pointer to the real location of the file. That works fine until you choose another screensaver, then MA3 won't be on the list any more until it's either right-click-Installed again or copied into the System32 folder. Again, I'm talking about XP here, Vista is different.
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