How to create a Screensaver Keyboard Shortcut for Windows

This is an instructable detailing how to create a keyboard shortcut so that you can quickly switch to screensaver at any time.

Step 1 Creating the Shortcut on the Desktop

Go to the folder C:\Windows\System32 and sort by filetype. Look for the screensaver file type (.scr). Find the file scrnsave.scr (you can choose any of the screensavers, this is the black screen one).

Right click and select send to>desktop (create shortcut).

Comments

[kidmosey]

If you want to get the current screensaver, put the following into a batch file, then create your shortcut.

@echo off
for /f "tokens=3" %%a in ('reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" /v SCRNSAVE.EXE') do set scrnsave.exe=%%a
start %scrnsave.exe% /s


It should work, anyhow. That is what I do.

[VVBoredGuy]

that's cool, i only know basic batch so didn't try coding something for this use

[rimar2000]

This is very interesting, thanks for sharing it.