Re: End running screensaver with vbscript?? Please Help

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 08/13/04


Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 16:56:26 +0200

daryl wrote:

> Is there a way to end a screensaver from a vbscript?
> I have a vbscript scheduled to run at 9:00 pm via the windows task
> scheduler. One of the first things i want the script to do is to kill the
> running screensaver. How can i do this? I have tried using the
> WshShell.SendKeys method to send keystrokes to the screen, i have tried
> running the kill.exe screensavername.scr command and still the screensaver
> does not end.
Hi

As far as I know, it is not possible...

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torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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