Where Customization Begins 

  • Rainmeter 2.0

  • Enjoy and share the famous Rainmater skins here.
Enjoy and share the famous Rainmater skins here.
Forum rules: Rainmeter 1.1 is now available!
 #11594  by xxrazor
 11 Dec 2010, 06:22
What is Rainmeter?
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Rainmeter is an application which will allow you to place what are called "Skins" on your desktop. These skins can measure and display a wide variety of information. Some examples of things you can display are:

* System Information - CPU, RAM, Network, Drive Space, you name it...
* Launchers and Docks - Be creative and create your own RocketDock or launcher
* Music and more - Interfaces for WinAmp and iTunes, Internet radio or online video
* Web-based content - Weather, GMail inbox, RSS feeds. Just about anything you can parse from the web

Skins are fully customizable by you. They are primarily just .ini text files with simple commands that say "Measure this, and display it here looking like this". We will get into customizing skins more later, but you can use all your creativity and very simple Rainmeter statements to really make your desktop your own!
Installing

Rainmeter is fully Windows Vista / Windows 7 compatible. The file which Rainmeter uses to keep track of the skins you have loaded and how they are configured (Rainmeter.ini) is now in your "Application Data" folder, and all Rainmeter "skins" are stored in your "My Documents" folder. This means that you do not have to run Rainmeter as an "Administrator" or worry about conflicts with UAC (User Account Control).


What's new in Rainmeter 2.0

After several months of effort on the part of the development team and feedback from the Rainmeter community, Rainmeter 2.0 is now released!
We decided to jump from 1.4 to 2.0, both to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of Rainmeter "coming back from the dead" and to acknowledge the major improvements to Rainmeter in this version.

As always, Rainmeter is fully "backwards compatible", and you can just install the new version right over the top of your existing Rainmeter 1.3 or 1.4. Rainmeter is fully XP/Vista/Win7 compatible, and the installer supports both 32bit and 64bit versions.
What's new in Rainmeter 2.0
Rainmeter is now just one integrated installer package.
No longer do you need to download a different installer for 32bit, 64bit or "portable" installations. The new Rainmeter installer will detect your version of Windows, and will offer appropriate choices as you are installing. Any runtime "libraries" required by Rainmeter or plugins will be installed only if you don't already have them.
Change to how featured skin suites are distributed
We have changed the way "default skins" are distributed for Rainmeter. No longer are Enigma and Gnometer part of the build, but are added after you install Rainmeter from our Recommended Downloads pages. This allows us to reduce the size of the installer and the footprint of Rainmeter on your system if you don't use Enigma, Gnometer or ABP, as well as providing a way to have the "Recommended Skin Suites" updated by the authors without having to wait for a release of Rainmeter.
New illustro "default / starter" skins
Of course there needs to be some skins distributed with the installer, so our wizard poiru has created a new set of skins called "illustro" which are automatically installed. These are designed to show off some of the capabilities of Rainmeter to a new user, be very simple to edit and change, and are fully commented so someone looking to get started with editing and creating Rainmeter skins has a good place to start and learn.
New plugins, and a new capability for C# programmers to create their own Rainmeter plugins.
InputText Plugin - Allows Rainmeter to accept user input in a customizable text box, and use this input many ways in your skins.
CoreTemp Plugin - Written by the author of the popular CoreTemp application. Monitor your CPU load and temperatures.
FolderInfo Plugin - Display information about folders on your system.
C#PluginTemplate - The Rainmeter project now includes an easy to use template for creating Rainmeter plugins using the C# language for programmers who want to dip their toes in the plugin waters without needing to know C++.
New "Script" measure integrates Lua scripting with Rainmeter! Use the Lua scripting language to add almost unlimited new functionality to your skins.
Many, many other additions and improvements to Rainmeter. A full list of changes is at History of changes. Also be sure to check out the improved Rainmeter 101, and the reworked and up to date Rainmeter Manual.


Default file locations

The Program:
Windows XP: C:\Program Files\Rainmeter
Windows Vista & Win7: C:\Program Files\Rainmeter

Your "Skin" files
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\YourName\My Documents\Rainmeter\Skins
Windows Vista & Win7: C:\Users\YourName\My Documents\Rainmeter\Skins

Rainmeter.ini and your "Themes"
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\YourName\Application Data\Rainmeter
Windows Vista & Win7: C:\Users\YourName\Appdata\Roaming\Rainmeter

More information on installing Rainmeter is available in the Rainmeter Manual at Rainmeter Installation


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If you wish to know more, visit there homepage
http://rainmeter.net/RainCMS/


cheers
xxrazor
 #13631  by xxrazor
 24 Feb 2011, 13:32
Well guys, its a big jump, from 1.4 beta to 2.0 alpha, here it is Updated to Rainmeter 2.0

Please enjoy

cheers
xxrazor
 #13632  by Shaneee
 24 Feb 2011, 13:40
Thanks mate :)
 #13636  by Buster67
 24 Feb 2011, 17:33
Cool thanks for this can anyone make this as a silent install for x64 ?
 #16245  by trinibajan
 27 Apr 2011, 07:29
Thanks for this one. I just switched to Windows 7 ROG SP1 and missed Rainmeter from Busters67 NAOS Ultimate SP1. ;)
 #16255  by panda24
 28 Apr 2011, 00:15
hey XX ty mate great post :perfect: