To Manually Create a "Screen Saver Settings" Shortcut
1. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut. (See screenshot below)
2. Type the command below into the location area, and click/tap on the Next button. (See screenshot below)![]()
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,1
3. Type Screen Saver Settings for the name, and click/tap on the Finish button. (See screenshot below)That's it,
NOTE: You can name this anything you would like though.
4. Right click on the new Screen Saver Settings shortcut on the Desktop, and click/tap on Properties.![]()
5. Click/tap on the Shortcut tab, then click/tap on the Change Icon button. (See screenshot below)
6. In the line under "Look for icons in this file", type the location below, and press Enter. (See screenshot below)![]()
%windir%\System32\themecpl.dll7. Select the icon highlighted in blue above, and click/tap on OK. (See screenshot above)![]()
NOTE: You can use any icon that you would like instead though.
8. Click/tap on OK. (See screenshot below)
9. In Vista or Windows 7, you can now Pin to Taskbar (Windows 7) or Pin to Start Menu, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.![]()
10. In Windows 8, you can Pin to Taskbar on desktop, Pin to Start screen, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
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