For visual flair or just a touch of nostalgia

There is no real need for screensavers anymore. It is usually better to set your monitor to turn off when not in use. But if you still want a screensaver in Windows 11, here is how to enable one.

If you don't want to wait for a screensaver to appear, you can create a shortcut for it on your desktop. Windows 11 stores screensavers in the following location:

In that folder, the screensaver files are usually named the same as the screensaver name and have a .SCR extension at the end. For example, the file for the Ribbons screensaver is named Ribbons.scr.