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Old 02-12-2009, 06:29 AM   #31
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Vista 64 Correct Folder System32 ?

Jim,

I'd like to suggest trying to have the screen saver installed to the Windows/System32 folder on Vista systems. Even the 64 bit ones. I am running Vista 64 bit and I've been doing some experimenting:

If I place the screen saver file in the SysWow64 folder the screen saver has never shown up in my screen saver drop down list (from the beginning of beta testing through now). But if I put the screen saver file in the System32 folder it just shows up in the list automatically.

Once the installer came out for testing, the screen saver in the SysWow64 folder did show up in the screen saver list, but I then have the same problem of it disappearing if I switch screen savers. (I hadn't tried that until I read this thread - Why in the world would I change screen savers???!!!)

Anyway I think the easy solution is to put the file in System32.
Sincerely,

S. Justin Gengo
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