Bug: Unconfirmed MA 3not showing up in screen saver selection

nytiger73 · 02-12-2009, 05:13 AM

I downloaded the MA3 beta installer and installed it. The first time I installed it, I did not set it as my default screen saver. I just left it in my Start menu so I could run it at my leisure. When I went to set it as my default screen saver it was nowhere to be found. So I went to the start menu, right clicked on the file and chose Install. This put the aquarium in the screen saver panel.

The next day, I leave my computer idle and I get no screen saver. I check my screen saver panel and no MA3 and my default screen saver was set to "None". So I re-installed, this time allowing MA3 to be my default screen saver. The next day, the screen saver doesn't kick in and I check once again and no MA3, and the default screen saver is set to "None".

I seem to remember a similar issue with one of the versions of MA2, where a space in a registry setting had to be removed in order to get it to stick in the Control Panel.

Is this a bug with the installer or is this some other issue?

Thanks in advance.

nytiger73 · 02-12-2009, 05:23 AM

I guess I should have looked a couple of threads down. There is a topic that addresses this very issue. I have Vista 64.

Hopefully you find a way to address this in the final version as I would really like to buy this aquarium when it comes out.

Thanks.

feldon34 · 02-12-2009, 07:26 AM

The Aquarium *IS* out. Buy it whenever you like.

Jim Sachs · 02-12-2009, 11:30 AM

Everyone else using Vista 64 has been successful by right-clicking the MA3 file, and choosing "Install". I'm not sure why it wouldn't "stick" with your system, maybe it's some sort of permission thing.

The problem with spaces in the filename was a Win98 issue win. But it couldn't hurt to try removing the spaces.

cohiba420 · 02-12-2009, 03:07 PM

not sure if this helps.. but i noticed that when I had that issue (im on XP Pro) it was resolved by right clicking the MA icon, choosing 'properties' and then choose 'unblock'. THEN install and it should work. Sometimes cleaning up the registry helps too. I use Advance System Care 3 (free) and its great for that.

02-12-2009, 05:13 AM	#1
nytiger73 Registered Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 18	MA3 not showing up in screen saver selection I downloaded the MA3 beta installer and installed it. The first time I installed it, I did not set it as my default screen saver. I just left it in my Start menu so I could run it at my leisure. When I went to set it as my default screen saver it was nowhere to be found. So I went to the start menu, right clicked on the file and chose Install. This put the aquarium in the screen saver panel. The next day, I leave my computer idle and I get no screen saver. I check my screen saver panel and no MA3 and my default screen saver was set to "None". So I re-installed, this time allowing MA3 to be my default screen saver. The next day, the screen saver doesn't kick in and I check once again and no MA3, and the default screen saver is set to "None". I seem to remember a similar issue with one of the versions of MA2, where a space in a registry setting had to be removed in order to get it to stick in the Control Panel. Is this a bug with the installer or is this some other issue? Thanks in advance.

02-12-2009, 07:26 AM	#3
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	The Aquarium IS out. Buy it whenever you like. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

02-12-2009, 11:30 AM	#4
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	Everyone else using Vista 64 has been successful by right-clicking the MA3 file, and choosing "Install". I'm not sure why it wouldn't "stick" with your system, maybe it's some sort of permission thing. The problem with spaces in the filename was a Win98 issue win. But it couldn't hurt to try removing the spaces. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

02-12-2009, 05:23 AM	#2
nytiger73 Registered Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 18	I guess I should have looked a couple of threads down. There is a topic that addresses this very issue. I have Vista 64. Hopefully you find a way to address this in the final version as I would really like to buy this aquarium when it comes out. Thanks.

02-12-2009, 03:07 PM	#5
cohiba420 Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon, USA Posts: 63	not sure if this helps.. but i noticed that when I had that issue (im on XP Pro) it was resolved by right clicking the MA icon, choosing 'properties' and then choose 'unblock'. THEN install and it should work. Sometimes cleaning up the registry helps too. I use Advance System Care 3 (free) and its great for that.