Flash Screensavers.

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  1. Posts : 2,554
    Windows 10 Pro 64bit
       #1

    Flash Screensavers.


    With the EoL for Flash my older screensavers no longer work (I know they’re no longer needed but I enjoy the animations) is there any workaround?
    There’s no .swf file so I cannot convert the screensavers.
    Running 20H2.
    Tia.
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  2. Posts : 2,554
    Windows 10 Pro 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #2

    No one have any suggestions?
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  3. Posts : 5,452
    Windows 11 Home
       #3

    There are workarounds and even 3rd party software designed to run flash files, but as for the screensavers, it is complicated, they are handled by Windows and it said a definitive NO to flash. On top of that, it is said, that they being deprecated later. I lost my favorite screensaver as well. You might be able to get it working using 3rd party app like wallpaper engine, which can be used to create custom animations.
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  4. Posts : 2,554
    Windows 10 Pro 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thanks. Something to consider.
    In the meantime I’ve found some suitable replacements.
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  5. Posts : 14,022
    Win10 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home, Win7, Linux Mint
       #5

    I have an older .scr file called Bubbles, can invoke by double-clicking it, mostly use for testing and not set for automatic.
    Flash Screensavers.-image.png
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  6. Posts : 31,681
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #6

    Bubbles.scr may have been around for a while, but it is not a Flash screensaver. It's one of the built-in MS screensavers and is still included in a clean install of 20H2. Here it is in the install.esd for 20H2.

    Flash Screensavers.-image.png
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  7. Posts : 14,022
    Win10 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home, Win7, Linux Mint
       #7

    I took mine off an older version, needed at the time and just saved it.
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  8. Posts : 18,044
    Win 10 Pro 64-bit v1909 - Build 18363 Custom ISO Install
       #8

    Hello @Bree,

    Bree said:
    Bubbles.scr may have been around for a while, but it is not a Flash screensaver. It's one of the built-in MS screensavers and is still included in a clean install of 20H2. Here it is in the install.esd for 20H2.

    Flash Screensavers.-image.png

    Have you got the file for that please?
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  9. Posts : 5,452
    Windows 11 Home
       #9

    Default windows screensavers are still present in System32.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Flash Screensavers.-capture_01312021_184107.jpg  
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  10. Posts : 18,044
    Win 10 Pro 64-bit v1909 - Build 18363 Custom ISO Install
       #10

    TairikuOkami said:
    Default windows screensavers are still present in System32.

    Thanks, I just found it.
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