Not working on Windows 10 (EDIT: Workaround found!)

[kmsterling]

I this installed on a Win7 system and it works great! However I just installed it on a new Windows 10 system and when the screensaver activates I get a black screen. If i look closely I can sometimes see the outline of a window, browser, etc. as a slightly different shade of black. When I right click the .scr and test everything works as expected. Also, in the screensaver GUI I can "preview" the InvisibleLockScreen successfully. Every time the screensaver is called by windows though, the black screen appears. Pressing a button on the keyboard during the black screen displays the lock screen to enter my password and unlock the system as expected.

[billiegoose]

Now that's interesting! I have Windows 10, but I admit I only tested it with the "preview" feature. I'll set it as my default screensaver again and see if I can replicate the issue.

[billiegoose]

I can confirm this. I don't know why. My initial googling seems to reveal several other people experiencing issues with transparent screensavers in Windows 10. Even the built in Bubbles screensaver appears to not have working transparency. ☹️ It works in preview but if I use it as a screensaver, I get a solid colored screen (not black interestingly enough - I think it's my taskbar color) with bubbles. Does the Bubbles screensaver work for you?

[javimurcia]

¿Is there any progess or info on this issue?

I'm very interested in ussing this program on a windows 10 machine.

[kmsterling]

No further progress so far 😥

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[Jhoanor]

The removal of the transparency has been done deliberately by Microsoft.
Here is an explanation and even better, a solution:
https://www.tenforums.com/customization/25427-screen-saver-question-2.html#post425256

[signal-5]

For Windows 7 I had a script that took screenshots and put only two (wrapping them around) of them in a directory. The screensaver showed pictures from that directory. These screenshots get black in Windows 10. But the suggested solution is to turn off the lockscreen. If you can't do that (for many reasons) that solution doesn't work.
Or have i misunderstood the suggested solution?

[Hoaas]

When trying the workaround using Watch 4 Idle I cannot escape the screensaver with locking and unlocking. 😢

[Jhoanor]

signal-5, you misunderstood, and Hoaas, yes, you can.
In Watch 4 Idle, when system resumes from idle:
Executes a batch to lock the screen. The bat file should contain:
rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation
Just don't touch mouse or keyboard. ;)

[Rewdyy]

When trying the workaround using Watch 4 Idle I cannot escape the screensaver with locking and unlocking. 😢

It took me a lot of wasted time trying to kill the process automatically with a .bat file, but in the end the way to unlock for me is CTRL+L, not Windows+L lol.