Can I use a VBScript file as a Windows 7 screensaver?

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Published on 2011-01-14T20:33:31Z Indexed on 2011/01/14 20:55 UTC
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I'd like to use a VBScript file as a screensaver in Windows 7. I have tried setting the following in the registry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ScreenSaveActive"="1"
"ScreenSaveTimeOut"="10"
"ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0"
"SCRNSAVE.EXE"="%PROGRAMFILES%\\myscript\\myscript.vbs"

and

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ScreenSaveActive"="1"
"ScreenSaveTimeOut"="10"
"ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0"
"SCRNSAVE.EXE"="%WINDIR%\\System32\\cscript.exe %PROGRAMFILES%\\myscript\\myscript.vbs"

but nothing seems to happen after the timeout. What is the correct way to set this up?

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