As it praised the software’s flexibilityand the wide variety of themes and “enthusiastic community” while noting the program “isn’t as intuitive as it could be.””

Credits:ĬNET credited Rainmeter with 4 out of 5-star rating. System resource values and other information(weather, time…) is stored through “meter” values within a skin, which can then be then customized after. These are written in a code using a text editor and stored in a form of INI configuration files. Majority of the skins have comments in the configuration file, so it’s easy to find out which element is being controlled by which element. Right-click on a skin and hit “Edit skin”, which will bring up a configuration file with lots of variable definitions.įor example, if you want to change the color of the outer rim of the clock displayed on the desktop, you can edit the values of the variables that control that. If you want to get your hands dirty with the code behind the skins, it isn’t too complex. Rainmeter allows for an amazing amount of personal customization. Here is the Rain meter icon to customize your skins Step2: Select the standard installation & click on the next button.

Step1: Double click on the downloaded application. Installation is graphically shown, step by step below… Installation is simple, but make sure “Launch Rainmeter on startup” is checked, or else it will have to be manually restarted after a reboot. If you want the latest updates, you can also build it from the source code at their Github repository The “standard installation” works just fine. Rainmeter can be installed portably as well, but it isn’t recommended.

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