Screen Saver does not start [SOLVED]

[ovbg]

Hi there,

I've been using this program for a while now, and have not had a problem until now. I just installed Win7 64bit on my machine and have recreated the screensaver with a few more pictures. It works perfectly in the preview within PicturesToExe, but when I saved the actual screensaver, and moved it to the System32 folder. Win7 can see it, and I can choose it, but it can't run it. I get the error message: "Slideshow file not found", followed by the location where I saved the screensaver (.scr format)

Has anyone had this before?

[Lin Evans]

What happens if you put the .scr file in a different folder location then point to this new location? Since I don't have a Windows 7 system, I'm not certain how 64 bit Win 7 handles 32 bit files, but the fact that you can run the preview means that a valid PTE exe file can be run on your system. Can you run the .scr file with the "Run" command? If so, it sounds as if Windows 7 may have some restriction about files in the System32 folder.

Can you run other screen savers from the System32 folder?

Best regards,

Lin

[ovbg]

Hi Lin,

Thanks for the suggestions. I think I have just found the solution. In older windows, I'd just copy the file across. But this time, I right-clicked it from another folder and selected "install". It seems to work now. I guess Win7 doesn't like these executable files just dumped into the system32 folder.

...interesting.

Once again, thanks )

[Lin Evans]

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback - there are many new variables which we will have to contend with in the coming months as both users and developers learn to work with the new OS.

Best regards,

Lin