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Can't Fully Remove A Screensaver from Windows 7

T

TLC

Flightless Bird
My Platform:

HP Pavilion HPE-137C
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

My Problem:

I have deleted a screensaver file from SYSWOW64 & SYSTEM32. Search
can't find find the screensaver anywhere, but it still appears in Screen
Saver Settings and can still be used in themes.
 
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Dave-UK

Flightless Bird
"TLC" <TcNoSpam@sunlink.net> wrote in message news:fNednX1-N_HdqxnRnZ2dnUVZ_gidnZ2d@earthlink.com...
> My Platform:
>
> HP Pavilion HPE-137C
> Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
>
> My Problem:
>
> I have deleted a screensaver file from SYSWOW64 & SYSTEM32. Search can't find find the
> screensaver anywhere, but it still appears in Screen Saver Settings and can still be used in
> themes.


If you installed the screensaver then you should be able to uninstall
it via Control Panel > Programs (and Features).
If not then your themes are stored here:
C:/Users\Your Account\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\
If you can locate the theme with the offending screensaver right-click
the theme file and Open With notepad.
Make sure the box that says:
'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file' is NOT checked.
In the [boot] section it will say where the screensaver is being called from.
 
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