Windows 10: Deleted Screen Savers Are Still Showing Up In The List

I recently tried to set up my 20ish year old screensaver on my new system. It still ran fine on my old Win 10 system, but it wasn't working right on this one. So I tried removing all the files it doesn't show up as an app. But the name, including a misspelled version of it, still shows up in my list of available SS options. Before trying another SS reinstall, I'd like to clean this mess up. Is there a way to simply reinstall the original Windows screensavers? Would that do the trick? Or is there a place that I can go looking for a missed file that still needs deleted, that is causing

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screen saver

Hi Jack,

Thank you for using Windows10.

Let us know what happens exactly when you try to set the screen-saver or put the computer to sleep.

I would suggest you to review he settings and check. Here is the steps:

To change Screen Saver:

• Press Windows/Start key.
• Type Screen Saver and click on Change Screen Saver.
• Select the screensaver from the drop down menu and click on Apply.
• Click on OK.

To put the computer in sleep:

• Press Windows/Start key.
• Type Power and click on Power Options.
• Select Change when the computer sleeps in the left panel.

Reply with the updated status for further help and we'll be glad to assist.

 

Screen Saver/Desktop/Screen Saver

Hi Jim,

The issue you encountered with screen saver can be due to incorrect screen saver settings. To better isolate your concern, we'd like to ask the following:

• Have you tried changing the screen saver settings?
• Are you trying to off the the screen saver?

Meanwhile, you can follow these steps to turn off your screen saver:

• Open Settings and Select Personalization.
• Click Lock screen, scroll down and choose Screen saver settings.
• Choose None in the drop-down menu.
• Select Apply.
• Click OK.

Keep us posted if you need additional help.

 

Rotating/Slide Show Screen Saver for Windows 10

Some refinements to
Karthicka_R's minimalist answer.

• Even though MS blithely provides Win8-specific answers to Win10-specific questions, the answer -- at least in this case -- is nearly sufficient for Win10 v1607.
• If users pay some extra attention to what they're doing in the course of his instructions, they can get through the omissions & errors of the instructions:
  • Step 1: In the search Cortana search box type
    "settings" . . . .
    • Very bizzarely (IMHO) the Settings app is subtitled as a "Trusted Windows Store App." I don't care how trusted it is, I do not like the idea of my device settings manager existing at the same level as something out of any App
      Store. In any case, don't let this "App Store" thing throw you off.
  • Step 3: There is nothing (of interest or otherwise) in any corners here. "Lock Screen" is the 3rd item in the list.
  • Step 4: Scroll down on the "Lock Screen" settings page to see the
    "Screen Saver Settings" link.
  • Step 4.1: Select "Photos" in the "Screen saver" field.
  • Step 4.2: Click the "Settings" button.
  • Step 5: Select the pictures via the "browse" button in the pop-up window that results from step 4.2.
  • Step 6: If desired, select slide show speed: "fast," "medium," or "slow."
    • Despite the link they provide for help on the slideshow config settings pop-up, MS provides no guidance on these values, so I don't know if or how they would vary from one platform to another.
    • On my laptop, I observed the following photo update intervals:
      • Fast ≈ 3 sec
      • Medium ≈ 6 or 7 sec
      • Slow ≈ 11 sec.
  • Step 7: The "shuffle pictures" checkbox
    • If set, then the pictures will be displayed in some randomly shuffled order each time the slideshow activates.
      
    • If clear, the slideshows will always sequence through the same pictures in the same order every time the screen saver runs.
    • When I use the "preview" button to check my screen saver config settings, the screen saver slide show always starts with the same picture, and subsequent pix are either shuffled or not. Does the screen saver work the same way as its preview? I can only
      guess.