Can't delete/uninstall boring windows screensavers.

How do I get rid of the screensavers that come with Windows XP?
I think they are boring and have no plans to use them. I have a large
collection of screensavers and don't want to have to scroll through the
dull MS screens to get to the one I want.
There is no option to remove them from " add/remove windows components"
They are not listed in add/remove programs. If I delete them they are
instantly re-created.
I even tried renaming them without the file extension .scr, and set them
as read only, hidden. No luck, they are still listed in the screensavers
menu and still run.
I have been using XP since Tuesday. I am using XP Home that came with
slipstreamed with SP 2. I am logged as an administrator.
tia.

Delete.scr file under %windir%\system32

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

Machine messiah wrote:

How do I get rid of the screensavers that come with Windows XP?
I think they are boring and have no plans to use them. I have a large
collection of screensavers and don't want to have to scroll through the
dull MS screens to get to the one I want.
There is no option to remove them from " add/remove windows components"
They are not listed in add/remove programs. If I delete them they are
instantly re-created.
I even tried renaming them without the file extension .scr, and set them
as read only, hidden. No luck, they are still listed in the screensavers
menu and still run.
I have been using XP since Tuesday. I am using XP Home that came with
slipstreamed with SP 2. I am logged as an administrator.
tia.

In article ,
says...
Delete.scr file under %windir%\system32

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

Machine messiah wrote:

How do I get rid of the screensavers that come with Windows XP?
I think they are boring and have no plans to use them. I have a large
collection of screensavers and don't want to have to scroll through the
dull MS screens to get to the one I want.
There is no option to remove them from " add/remove windows components"
They are not listed in add/remove programs. If I delete them they are
instantly re-created.
I even tried renaming them without the file extension .scr, and set them
as read only, hidden. No luck, they are still listed in the screensavers
menu and still run.
I have been using XP since Tuesday. I am using XP Home that came with
slipstreamed with SP 2. I am logged as an administrator.
tia.

I tried that, it doesn't work. They instantly re-appear. That's why I
tried renaming them w/o a file extension and making them read only /
hidden. That's a Win9x trick to keep annoying folders like "my
pictures" from being recreated. Guess that's not going to work on Xp.

Have one user 'take ownership' of the files.

HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q308421

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"Machine messiah" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
Delete.scr file under %windir%\system32

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

Machine messiah wrote:

How do I get rid of the screensavers that come with Windows XP?
I think they are boring and have no plans to use them. I have a large
collection of screensavers and don't want to have to scroll through the
dull MS screens to get to the one I want.
There is no option to remove them from " add/remove windows components"
They are not listed in add/remove programs. If I delete them they are
instantly re-created.
I even tried renaming them without the file extension .scr, and set
them
as read only, hidden. No luck, they are still listed in the
screensavers
menu and still run.
I have been using XP since Tuesday. I am using XP Home that came with
slipstreamed with SP 2. I am logged as an administrator.
tia.

I tried that, it doesn't work. They instantly re-appear. That's why I
tried renaming them w/o a file extension and making them read only /
hidden. That's a Win9x trick to keep annoying folders like "my
pictures" from being recreated. Guess that's not going to work on Xp.

Hi,

First you would need to delete the .scr files from %windir%\system32\dllcache and then delete them
from %windir%\system32. This way they would not be restored by WFP.

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"Machine messiah" wrote in message
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How do I get rid of the screensavers that come with Windows XP?
I think they are boring and have no plans to use them. I have a large
collection of screensavers and don't want to have to scroll through the
dull MS screens to get to the one I want.
There is no option to remove them from " add/remove windows components"
They are not listed in add/remove programs. If I delete them they are
instantly re-created.
I even tried renaming them without the file extension .scr, and set them
as read only, hidden. No luck, they are still listed in the screensavers
menu and still run.
I have been using XP since Tuesday. I am using XP Home that came with
slipstreamed with SP 2. I am logged as an administrator.
tia.

Ron Bogart wrote:
where they are also found in %windir%\system32\dllcache,
from which they should be removed first.

*.scr files aren't saved in the dllcache directory.

Hi, Ron;

Uhm....well, actually, they are. Delete one from System32 and see what
happens in \dllcache.

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Ron Bogart wrote:
where they are also found in %windir%\system32\dllcache,
from which they should be removed first.

*.scr files aren't saved in the dllcache directory.

Hi, Ron;

Uhm....well, actually, they are. Delete one from System32 and see
what happens in \dllcache.

They aren't in dllcache on my machine, WinXP Home, SP2.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP wrote:

Uhm....well, actually, they are. Delete one from System32 and see
what happens in \dllcache.

They aren't in dllcache on my machine, WinXP Home, SP2.

Hi, Frank;

Nor in mine by default. I'm running XP Pro SP2, but not sure that would
matter. If I delete one of them from System32, it gets placed in the
dllcache folder (then replaced back into system32). Doesn't that happen on
your XP Home system?


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"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP" wrote in message
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"Sky King" wrote in message

Ron Bogart wrote:
where they are also found in %windir%\system32\dllcache,
from which they should be removed first.

*.scr files aren't saved in the dllcache directory.

Hi, Ron;

Uhm....well, actually, they are. Delete one from System32 and see
what happens in \dllcache.

They aren't in dllcache on my machine, WinXP Home, SP2.

They appear in the ddl cache if you delete them from the sys32 folder, and
then replicate themselves back into the sys32 folder.

"Sky King" wrote in message

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP wrote:

Uhm....well, actually, they are. Delete one from System32 and see
what happens in \dllcache.

They aren't in dllcache on my machine, WinXP Home, SP2.

Hi, Frank;

Nor in mine by default. I'm running XP Pro SP2, but not sure that
would matter. If I delete one of them from System32, it gets placed
in the dllcache folder (then replaced back into system32). Doesn't
that happen on your XP Home system?

Yes, it does.

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Ron Bogart wrote:
where they are also found in %windir%\system32\dllcache,
from which they should be removed first.

*.scr files aren't saved in the dllcache directory.

Hi, Ron;

Uhm....well, actually, they are. Delete one from System32 and see
what happens in \dllcache.

Thanks - learn something new every day.

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