There are a few ways to create icons for the screensaver on Windows 7 or Vista. The first way is to use the Windows Icon Editor. This editor can be found in the Start menu, and it is a simple program that allows you to create icons for your desktop and other applications. The second way is to use the Windows Icon Maker. This program can be found in the Accessories folder of your Windows installation. After you have installed the program, open it and click on the File menu item. From this menu, select New Item. Type in Icon and click on OK. The third way is to use an online icon creator. These online icon creators can be found at www.iconfinder.com or www.iconarchive.com. After you have created your icons, you can share them with others by posting them on these websites or by emailing them to yourself or a friend.
Note that this technique should work for Windows 7, Vista, or even XP.
Create Screensaver Icon
Right-click on the desktop and choose New \ Shortcut from the menu.
In order to launch the screensaver, you’ll need to enter the full path to the screensaver file, followed by “/s”
You would want to substitute the name of the screensaver where you see “Bubbles.scr” above. Also note that I used %systemroot% instead of C:\windows because not every install uses the C: drive.
If you don’t know the filename, you can browse down to your system32 folder and then search for “.scr” using the search box:
You should see all of the names of all the screensavers installed on your system, which you can use in the location field.
Download Shortcut Icons (Vista Only)
If you’ve prefer, I made shortcuts for all the default screensavers and zipped them up. You can just download and extract the file, and then use whichever ones you want.
Note: I’m fairly certain I didn’t miss any default screensavers in the list, but it’s certainly possible since it’s 6am and I’m still awake.
Download Start Screensaver Icons
