Re: Vista screen saver question

?????
If you are talking about a Vista machine, 'My Pictures' is not where
pictures are stored. 'My Pictures' is not a folder it is a 'junction point'
..

Repoint your screen saver to the folder, it will NOT have 'My Pictures' in
the path.

Michael


"Kickin' Ass & Takin' Names" <> wrote in message
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> Set up my new computer last week -- old one running XP caught a BAD
> virus, trashed everything. New computer runs Vista SP1.
>
> I set up a screen saver to show photos of my grandson and it worked
> fine from the minute I set it up. I have a folder in the My Pictures
> folder titled "Screen Saver" and in that folder are jpg photos.
>
> I have not made any changes to my system -- have not loaded any new
> applications or changed any settings. But now, instead of starting
> the screen saver, the screen goes black and a small error message
> floats across the bottom of the page -- says something like -- "An
> error is preventing this slide show from running."
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.

I am entirely too familiar with the sound of one hand slapping forehead
Michael


"Kickin' Ass & Takin' Names" <> wrote in message
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> On Jan 29, 9:01 pm, "Michael Walraven" <mexxwalra...@verizon.not>
> wrote:
>> ?????
>> If you are talking about a Vista machine, 'My Pictures' is not where
>> pictures are stored. 'My Pictures' is not a folder it is a 'junction
>> point'
>> .
>>
>> Repoint your screen saver to the folder, it will NOT have 'My Pictures'
>> in
>> the path.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> "Kickin' Ass & Takin' Names" <PopUlist...@hotmail.com> wrote in
>> messagenews:4c6bb74c-7cee-4018-8807-...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Set up my new computer last week -- old one running XP caught a BAD
>> > virus, trashed everything. New computer runs Vista SP1.
>>
>> > I set up a screen saver to show photos of my grandson and it worked
>> > fine from the minute I set it up. I have a folder in the My Pictures
>> > folder titled "Screen Saver" and in that folder are jpg photos.
>>
>> > I have not made any changes to my system -- have not loaded any new
>> > applications or changed any settings. But now, instead of starting
>> > the screen saver, the screen goes black and a small error message
>> > floats across the bottom of the page -- says something like -- "An
>> > error is preventing this slide show from running."
>>
>> > Any suggestions?
>>
>> > Thanks.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> It's a long story -- my error.
>
> Before the crash I had copied all my pictures to an external HD. When
> I set up my new machine, I copied the "My Pictures" folder from the HD
> to the new computer but put it on drive C, so, the path to my screen
> saver photos was: c:/my pictures/screen saver
>
> Vista wants to keep my documents, pictures, web sites, and the like in
> a folder titled MYNAME -- in that folder are folders such as Web
> Sites, Documents, etc., etc.
>
> I moved the contents of the My Pictures folder to the Pictures folder
> under MYNAME but did not tell the screen saver where to find the
> photos. I went to desktop, personalize, screen saver, browse, and
> changed the folder where the photos are located -- problem solved.
>