Developing a Screensaver

[moreautemps]

I'm currently developing a screensaver for Windows. I am curious as to how I can get my screensaver to display in the little screensaver selection window in the Control Panel under Personalization. Is it in the Registry or something? Or am I going to have to contact Mr. Bill himself to figure this out?

[Saith]

Good luck trying to contact Mr. Bill for that answer.

I suggest googling it. As I just did,

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-to-make-your-own-screensavers-windows/

Question? How is this related to C++? If you have any program that you would like use to look at, I know I would be interested in seeing any progress you've made.

[katmai539]

Take a look at this page (as this is what i think you are looking for)

http://www.clearnight.com.au/cnsss.htm

To answer your question directly:

Your screensaver needs to handle a command line option, in this case /P (as in Preview)

Good luck and i'm curious too of what you're making...

[moreautemps]

Thanks guys!

http://www.clearnight.com.au/cnsss.htm

pretty much cleared it up for me.

The idea I had was a simple RTS that would play itself. :) I'm pretty stoked.

By the way, I apologize for posting this in the C++ section but that's the language I'm using... and I'm new here. Silly me! I'll know better next time. :)