So, yes, go ahead and delete one of the default screen savers. And then watch it quietly and magically reappear a few minutes later as Windows File Protection performs its magic.
When Windows restores a protected system file it does so from a backup copy. If we delete both the original and the backup, then Windows would have no way to restore it. Delete the same file in both locations, and the screen saver is gone. Subscribe to Confident Computing! Less frustration and more confidence, solutions, answers, and tips in your inbox every week.
Why go to all this trouble to delete a few screen savers they only take a tiny bit of disk space the average disk is measured is 40 GB up to 1 TB the default screen savers take less the 10 MB. I work in a large corporation where IT automatically runs a daily job on my PC that among many other things enables a screensaver. They do this as part of a security policy which requires re-signing on after an inactivity timeout. But I want to control this myself. So in my case, I want to delete the screensavers as one means of trying to circumvent the action of the daily IT job.
Also, running a screensaver is definitely not very green, since it uses more power than simply using the Power Options to make the screen go dark after a timeout. Thanks so much. I was wondering how to do this. I clicked a bad. Now both the spyware and the nasty effect is gone. Thanks so much! I did the delete trick in both locations, but the name of the screensaver still remains in the list of screensavers. I can click on the name of the screensaver and it says it has been removed.
Just reboot for total removal. I would like to delete a large, downloaded screensaver file, but I do not know where it is stored on my hard drive. Any help would be appreciated. The screensavers that come with windows are in the windows folder, but downloaded savers are usually in their own folder. If you can recognize the name, fine; otherwise, download it again, this time paying attention to where it's put - it will likely go to the same place it did before.
Log in or Sign up to hide this advert. Liam ,. Hi Dave Read also: Are Screensavers Still Relevant? Those screensavers will be available within the Screen Saver Settings window. You can open that window to apply those screensavers as follows.
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