I want to turn my screensaver on with a hotkey??

KWiz · Post by **KWiz** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:07 pm

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out how to turn the screensaver on with a hotkey. Is there an easy way to do it?

Thanks,
KWiz

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:37 pm

Make a one line macro like this:

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ExecuteFile>C:\WINDOWS\system32\sspipes.scr

and assign a HotKey to it.

You could start with Input> command and prompt to input the one you want.

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Input>vSaver,Enter the name of the screensaver file (name.scr),sspipes.scr
ExecuteFile>C:\WINDOWS\system32\%vSaver%

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:50 pm

You can do it in Windows XP directly too:

Choose your favorite screen saver file, located in C:\windows\system32 folder.
Right-click on the file and select â€œcreate a shortcutâ€

KWiz · Post by **KWiz** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:20 am

Oh that's great! Thanks guys!

Kwiz

KWiz · Post by **KWiz** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:46 am

Also I was wondering if there is a way to put the computer in Standby mode with a hotkey. Is there a command for that?

Thanks again,
KWiz

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:28 pm

You could use normal Windows keyboard shortcuts.

Windows logo key - us for standby
Windows logo key - uh for hibernate