When Screen Scapes is installed there are several files copied to your hard drive. You may want to know where these files are located if you find yourself creating your own custom Screen Saver Modules.
Screen Scapes File Location
Like all other Windows screen savers, Screen Scapes is installed in the
C:\Windows\ directory.
There are six Screen Scapes files:
Screen Scapes.scr - the actual screen saver program Screen Scapes.exe - the calendar and settings program Screen Scapes.dat - data for calendar info, quotes and other misc info. Screen Scapes.upg - text info for an upgrade notice Screen Scapes.inx - uninstall script for removing ScreenScapes from your system Screen Scapes.chp - the online help file
Screen Saver Modules
Screen Scapes uses screen saver modules which are images and data. The images are stored in a subdirectory of the C:\Windows\ directory. For example, if you have the Sportsman screen saver module installed the pictures are stored in a directory called C:\Windows\Sportsman\. There is also a file in the Windows directory called Sportsman.ssm. This .ssm file is the screen saver module and it contains information about where the picture files are located and any reminder or quote text data.
The Master Data File
All of the calendar and quote data for all of the loaded modules is stored in the
the file called Screen Scapes.dat
Picture Formats
Screen Scapes supports a variety of picture formats:
.jpg JPEG .bmp Windows and OS/2 BMP .tga Targa .tif Tagged Image File Format (No LZW Decompression) .png Portable Network Graphics .mac MacPaint .msp Microsoft Paint .pct MacPict .pcx ZSoft PCX .psd Adobe Photoshop 3.0 .ras Sun Raster .wmf Windows Metafile .pcd Kodak PhotoCD
Multimedia Files
Screen Scapes also supports Video for Windows (.avi), Quicktime (.mov), MPEG (.mpg), and MP3 (mpeg layer 3 audio) files. Screen Scapes can play any multimedia file that can be played by the Microsoft Media Player. All of the animations (movies) that ship with Screen Scapes will work just fine.
If Screen Scapes can not play a particular third-party movie then it will go to the next item on the picture list. If you are having problems playing a movie then be sure that your system supports the video codec used by that movie.
You can see a list of the video codecs installed on your system by going to the Windows Control Panel > Multimedia > Advanced > Video Compression Codecs.
Consult the Microsoft Media Player Help for further assitance on troubleshooting third-party movies.