Rainmeter is a lightweight application for customizing your Windows desktop. Rainmeter works by installing community made ‘skins’, many of which can change how the desktop works with widgets like app launchers, RSS and email readers, calendars, weather reports, and many others. It has been around since Windows XP, where it was used as a tool for displaying basic info on the desktop, but has since gained a large community following which has produced high quality skins which can change the whole desktop experience.
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Installing Rainmeter
Rainmeter is an open source program and can be downloaded from their official website. If you want the latest updates, you can also build it from the source code at their Github repository.
Rainmeter can be installed portably as well, but it isn’t recommended. The standard installation works just fine.
Sims 4 mods vampire. Installation is simple, but make sure “Launch Rainmeter on startup” is checked, or else it will have to be manually restarted after a reboot.
Once Rainmeter is installed, you should see a few new things on your desktop, displaying basic things like disk and CPU usage. This is Rainmeter’s default skin.
To get to Rainmeter’s settings, right click on any one of the skins and click “Manage Skin”. A window will come up listing all your installed skins. Clicking “Active Skins” will let you manage each one individually.
You can edit the positioning and settings of each skin. If you want to make not draggable, unclick “Draggable” and click “Click through”. This will also disable the right click menu, but fortunately Rainmeter adds an icon in the Windows toolbar, which also lets you access the menu.
Finding and Installing Skins
Rainmeter’s default skin is useful, but fairly boring. Many sites exist for showcasing Rainmeter skins, including DeviantArt, Customize.org, and the Rainmeter subreddit. Sorting by “Top – All Time” on the subreddit brings up some of the best skins and layouts. Skins from these sites can be downloaded and mixed and matched to your choosing. Some skins, like Enigma, are essentially entire Rainmeter suites by themselves.
To install a skin, just double click on the .rmskin file. Rainmeter’s window will pop up allowing you to install and enable the skin. For some skins, there are lots of different features, so if you don’t want everything loaded at once, uncheck “Load included skins”, and Rainmeter will simply just add them to your list of skins.
Tweaking Rainmeter
Rainmeter allows for an amazing amount of customization. If you want to get your hands dirty with the code behind the skins, it isn’t too complex. Right click on a skin and hit “Edit skin”, which will bring up a configuration file with lots of variable definitions.
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For example, if you wanted to change the color of the outer rim of this clock, you can edit the values of the variable that controls that. Most skins have comments in the configuration file, so it’s easy to tell what controls what.
Alternatives to Rainmeter
If you’re on a Mac or Linux, unfortunately you’re out of luck, as there isn’t a Rainmeter build for OS X or Linux. For Mac users, there is Geektool, which performs many of the same basic functions such as displaying info on the desktop and some basic widgets, though there isn’t as big of a community following behind it, so the options for skins are limited. Geektool is also much more oriented towards people who are familiar with the command line, as it runs nearly entirely on bash scripts.
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Makes your taskbar translucent with blur behind it. Only works on Win10.
CHANGELOG VERSION 1.2 Added 2+ multi monitor support.Can not test it due to not having 2+ monitor,message me if you have any problems VERSION 1.1 Added an option for disabling blur. Adding AccentState=2 to [TranslucentTaskbar] will disable the blur effect. Basic Plugin Setup: [TranslucentTaskbar] Measure = Plugin Plugin=TranslucentTaskbar UpdateDivider=1 To disable Blur: [TranslucentTaskbar] Measure = Plugin Plugin=TranslucentTaskbar UpdateDivider=1 AccentState=2 Source code for the plugin : gist.github.com/arkenthera/7a8… KNOWN ISSUES: * Coming out of screen saver, skin gets broken and doesnt work until reloading. (Looking for a fix) * after sleeping the PC and awaking it, skin gets broken and doesnt work until reloading. * On multi-monitor setups, some people experienced their non-primary desktop taskbar reverts to original taskbar. I don't know the exact cause and I can't reproduce it on my PC.
Thanks for this. All I ever needed! It's only not a 100% transparant. Any clue how to fix that?
Can you try to make one for the windows start screen and hidden icons bar popup?
And also i found it hard to read things on my taskbar when a window is dragged under the taskbar
It's so great! And Window$ store have an app for doing same function but charge for 1$..
All the time I wish I wasn't stuck on win 8 like fml
great! You're a half-god! I wish you continued success
would it be possible to make something like this for the hidden icons taskbar tray as well?
the sleeping bug doesnt happen if you have blur turned on
if you set AccentState=2 for full translucent it causes the problem
Its working fine but sometimes it's stops,especially when you open or close a program,and you need to reload the rainmeter
Hello, is it possible to control the degree of transparency or opacity?
in my windows version it's not support anymore, where i can get the support one?
if anyone's having problems with this TranslucentTB is a program on the Microsoft store, give that a go, I use that personally
After windows update to 1803, whenever i get out of game the Taskbar is not longer transparent and i have to Refresh it :/. I love that so much but this is annoying.
You can use a program called TranslucentTB, it's pretty lightweight and runs pretty well, looks awesome to
Is there any way to add a little bit of color, like lowering the opacity of the bar without making it completely transparent/translucent? I have a lot of webpages that are solid white, and when I have this skin enabled, I can't see things like the time, calendar, or hidden icons.
Thank you!
It's not really translucent, just blurred. As soon as i open a browser window it's noticeable. Is there an option to change that?
Try editing the enum AccentTypes and mess w/
ACCENT_ENABLE_TRANSPARENTGRADIENT = 2
Or desiredType (ACCENT_ENABLE_TRANSPARENTGRADIENT) ? 255 : 0,0 };
Set 255 to 0 or desired #
Seems to be glitchy, when using 2+ monitors, it glitches on the 2 monitor when smth enters on fullscreen mode, or when the color scheme is changed
hi , it's perfect but i have a problem: I can't open some apps directly on the taskbar, exemle for chrome i have to rightclisk and click new window, why ?
Without that bug when the skin gets broken after sleep, this thing is flawless :]
Hey, this thing is awesome. But i have strange problem: with blur(on) all things work good, without blur(off) my program window 'crawling' under taskbar a little bit.
How can i share screenshot if its need?
Hello,can you tell me why I cant adjust the transparency of the taskbar?
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oh my god
after years of searching I finally found someone who can make my Windows 10 taskbar translucent I owe you a lot
'Makes your taskbar translucent with blur behind it. Only works on Win10.'
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