# Screen Savers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-savers/830931>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 11, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-savers/830931 "2019-03-11T05:19:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-savers/830931/1 "2019-03-11T05:19:07Z")

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My desktop came with Win 10 on it. Win 10 comes with some screen savers. I’ve found another I want to add to the folder with the Win scr files. But I cannot find any scr or screensaver files. So what I want to know is where are they on my C drive?

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-savers/830931/2 "2019-03-11T05:43:42Z")

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Windows 10 puts scr files either in C:\Windows\System32 or somewhere in the C:\Windows\WinSxS\ folder (the ones in WinSxS seem to be in various subfolders on my system).

Older versions of windows put them in C:\Windows\System32 so that’s probably the best place to put them for compatibility.

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**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-savers/830931/3 "2019-03-11T13:20:35Z")

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I found them C:\windows\system32\en.us. Thanks

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-savers/830931/4 "2019-03-11T13:25:51Z")

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Why would screensavers be in a language localization subfolder?