How to use another picture folder as screen saver?

Question

I have windows xp, and I have a folder of pictures I want to be used as my screensaver...how do I change the folders from My Pictures to another one?

Answer 1

To run your pictures as a slide show in XP, this is what you have to do:

First, select the pictures you want to use and set up a special folder with those pictures in it and make a note where you saved that folder (in what directory, on what drive, and so on). You will need this info later.

Next, go to your Desktop, right-click on the Desktop.

Scroll down to Properties, Click the Screensaver tab.

Toward the middle of this dialog box there is a drop-down box with the words "Screen Saver." Scroll down that box until you see My Pictures Slideshow and click it; to the right of this drop-down box is a button that says Settings; click it.

You should see the words "Use pictures in this folder" and a Browse button; click the button. This is where you look for that file you created earlier with all your pictures that you want to use for the screensaver. After you have found the file folder with the pictures, click OK.

You can now adjust how fast you want the pictures to change and so on, then click OK again. This brings you back to the Display Properties dialog box, and you can see your screensaver pictures. Click OK, and you are finished.

Answer 2

You can use the ViewPosters screen saver from http://www.viewposters.com

It normally displays posters as screen saver, but you can change it's settings to pick a folder on your pc as the source of images and disable the poster show. It is a free download.