the_music_man

hey how would i extract images from a screen saver. I think it has over 100 and i don't know how to do this... i tried pressing that prtscn button while its going but obviously it didn't capture the image i wanted.

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PseudoKiller

try Resource Hacker since screen savers are a program its the only thing I can think of to decompile it.

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the_music_man

ok i tried using that program but no luck. but then i saw that theres another file next to the .scr one and it was 31mb so i know that has to be the one with all the pics in it. do you know how to open up .MSF files?

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Vetrius

paint? lol... hmmm.... if you use XP, it can suggest programs to use... try *protects from any slaps* searching for the filetype on downloads.com

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Glaanieboy

Or try renaming it to .zip and open it with Winzip/rar, maybe it's just a file archive.

the_music_man

i went to a site and it didn't know any program to open that file extension. and yeah i already tried opening it up with winrar.

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Glaanieboy

Is there any place to d/l the screensaver so I can try it out?

bush dogg

The screensaver may be made with stardust screensaver toolkit if so this is info from there site.

(The MSF file is a secure container file used for Screen Saver Toolkit 2.X images and audio. It is installed along with the screen saver engine, and can't be directly edited. To make changes to a screen saver, you must edit the original project file (SPF) in Screen Saver Toolkit 2.X.)

but this might help there is a 10 day free trial on the site.

http://www.stardustsoftware.com/products/sstoolkit3/

the_music_man

hey ur right the screen saver is made by stardust but i can't edit it? it will only allow me to make one...

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bush dogg

(To make changes to a screen saver, you must edit the original project
file (SPF) in Screen Saver Toolkit 2.X.)

So Not having the original project file.

I just thought it would be worth a shot to try the free trial to see if it
helped.

Post the link to the screensaver and maybe we can mess with it and see
what we can do. It's been a long time sense I tried something like that
so off the top of my head I'm not remembering much.

Have you tried to preview it in the trial software to see if you can take a
picture from it that way.

the_music_man

uploaded the .scr and the .msf
I hope this helpss

http://tutlewax88.zer0host.com/Dubai.scr
http://tutlewax88.zer0host.com/Dubai.msf

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bush dogg

prodj88

Make one with the trial verson then name and save it. Then rename the one you want to edit to the name that you just gave the screensaver that you just made.

now see if it can be opened to edit. I think the name will be something like ??????.exe maybe

That screensaver is copyrighted so I can't do anymore than this but hope it helps.
Sorry