Rainmeter 4.4

Best Rainmeter Skins for Space Fans

Are you an avid StarCraft player? Do you want to stay in the realm of StarCraft even after you are done playing the game? My RainMeter Desktop is a nifty theme based on space imagery and comes with cool space and spacecraft wallpapers and many “spacey” looking detailed sub-modules that are out of this world, literally.

ALIENS is a brilliant rainmeter theme that ably illustrates how big a difference a background wallpaper can make to your customization endeavours. It’s a flashy alien themeware skin that can only make sense when paired with the right wallpapers that tag along with it. The best bit is that its sub-modules are very easily configurable and include widgets ranging from Disk partition shortcuts, time and date to Network upload/download speeds and Power status.

One of the most mesmerizing themes on our list of the best rainmeter skins, Neon Space is a pure beauty. Yes, it is really that damn beautiful. Flanked by a gamut of configurable sub-modules that simultaneously glow and animate in brilliant neon blue colours, Neon Space metamorphoses your desktop to resemble a futuristic alien spaceship HUD.

Of course, it can display all the usual fare such as: Calendar, CPU and RAM usage, Time and Date, Current weather with 3 day forecast, and hold your breath, a whole bunch of holographic widgets that are absolutely dope!

Who isn’t intrigued by space and the endless galaxies that it houses? If you too want to delve into space right through your desktop screen 24X7, Galaxy Suite Rainmeter can provide some of the finest galaxy backgrounds with stunning visual effects on your Windows 7/10 system. Interestingly, it also boasts a peculiar universe related theme that can pique the interest of space fanatics.

All in all, the Galaxy Suite Rainmeter skin is an all encompassing theme that will change everything on your desktop, from the icons, to shortcuts and folder, etc. into intergalactic cosmos.

Moon Glow brings natural moon effects to life on your desktop screen in a very soothing and attractive manner. Further, you can save your favorite notes on the main screen itself and avail widgets related to current temperature, date, time, weather condition, et al. in a live notification tray.

Conclusion

All the aforementioned skins are unique in their own way and lend a definitive charm and personalized appeal to your desktop if you are tired of seeing the same old themes of your boring Windows OS. Interestingly, you can also choose to mix two or more rainmeter skins if you want to step up your game.

Further, by blending a couple of rainmeter themes, you can create distinctive widgets that depict RAM usage, date/time, system configuration, and thus in the process, create a whole new customized skin. Rest assured, with some of the best rainmeter skins at the helm, your desktop will get a much needed royal makeover that will not only attract eyeballs, but also showcase your tastes.

And…that’s a wrap! Did you like our roundup of the best rainmeter skins for Windows 10/8.1/8 and Windows 7? We scoured the web to find these beauties from sites like DeviantArt, and even Reddit. If any of your favourite skins deserve a mention, do let us know in the comments.

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Best Rainmeter Skins for Automobile Enthusiasts

When it comes to some of the best Rainmeter skins, how can anyone forget the Citroen Concept car skin? This skin looks mega good looking and car aficionados are surely in for a treat. We reckon you would never get bored of this skin and would always be looking forward to carry on with your desktop functions firmly placed in the driver’s seat and in a jovial state of mind. One downside though: the widgets are limited to time & date, weather, and music playback control only.

Who doesn’t love the sight of ultra-dapper super bikes on their screen? Well, GSX R 1000 fans are in for some delightful treat as this rainmeter skin is designed on those lines. The Suzuki GSX R skin comes with a cool wallpaper along with various sub-modules that perfectly gel well with the wallpaper.

Values

A measure actually provides two values: a string, or «raw text,» and a number, which can be used in calculation formulas. Depending on the type of measure, these values may be the same, which means you can use them interchangeably; or, they may be completely different. The article for each measure type explains what is provided for both the number and string values.

• When a meter is , it automatically uses the correct value for its type.

• When using Section Variables, different syntax is used to refer to a measure’s string or number value.

• The Substitute option affects only the string value of the current measure.

• IfAction options use only the number value of the current measure.

• The option in a Calc measure uses only the number values of other measures, unless section variables are used instead.

Although a string value is not a «true» number, it can be used like a number in formulas and options, as long as it contains only numeric characters and . (Otherwise, it is treated as zero.) Likewise, a number value can be displayed or stored to a variable as a string of text, although this may cause the value to lose precision.

Percentage

Some meters require that a measure provide a value that can be used as a percentage. These would include Bar, Histogram, Line, Rotator and Roundline meters. In order for these meters to know that the current value of the measure is 27%, they need to know what value 100% represents. In addition, you may want to display the percentage of the total value a measure is currently at in a String meter, or use the percentage value of a measure in a formula.

The percentage of the total that a measure’s current value reflects is based on the «range» that the measure can be. This is defined as the and of the measure.

Some measures, for example CPU, FreeDiskSpace and Memory, automatically set the minimum and maximum range that the measure can be. FreeDiskSpace for instance knows how big the drive you are measuring is, and will set the MinValue to zero, and the MaxValue to the actual size of the drive. Then you can just use the measure’s value in a meter by binding the measure to it with and the percentage will be used in the display of the meter. There is nothing you need to do for this to work properly.

Other measures do not know themselves what the maximum value the measure can be. Examples of this are the NetIn/NetOut/NetTotal measures, SpeedFan, any Calc measures, and any WebParser measures. What Rainmeter will do in this case is to set the MinValue and MaxValue of the measure dynamically, to the smallest and largest values the measure has been since the skin was loaded or refreshed. This may not always be the behavior you desire.

To address this, you can manually define the range that the measure can be, by setting the and options on the measure. Remember, you set this on the measure you are going to use as a percentage, not on the meter that is using it.

For example:

Measure=PluginPlugin=SpeedFanPluginSpeedFanType=TEMPERATURESpeedFanScale=CSpeedFanNumber=2MinValue=30MaxValue=100Meter=BarMeasureName=MeasureCPUTemp

While the String meter does not require a percentage when displaying the number value of a measure, it can be told to use the value as a percentage, by using the Percentual option on the meter. The meter will then use the MinValue and MaxValue of the measure to calculate what percentage of that the current value is.

In addition, you can use the percentage value of a measure in a formula or String meter by using the measure as a Section Variable, with the .

Setting these options has no effect on the actual value of the measure, but only defines the low and high range, to used by meters.

Note: The current MinValue / MaxValue «range» for a measure can be viewed in the of the About window. This can be useful for debugging problems when you are not getting the meter output you expect.

Installing Automatically

Skins in the Rainmeter Skin Packager (.rmskin) format can be easily and automatically installed with the Rainmeter Skin Installer. During a normal Rainmeter installation, the .rmskin extension is associated in Windows with the Skin Installer program, and simply double-clicking the file will install it in Rainmeter.

This dialog lists each component that will be installed. These may include:

• Skins : At least one skin will always be included and installed in the Rainmeter\Skins folder. The author of the package may indicate that one or more skins will automatically be loaded when the installation is complete.
• Layouts : If the author has added a to the package it will be installed in the Rainmeter\Layouts folder. If Apply included layout is selected, the layout will be applied to Rainmeter following installation.
• Plugins : If the author has added custom plugins to the package the appropriate 32bit/64bit architecture version of the plugin .dll files will be installed to the Rainmeter\Plugins folder.

Legacy .rmskin format components. No longer supported in new Rainmeter 2.4 .rmskin files:

• Fonts : If an author has included font files with the package, they will be installed in the Windows\Fonts folder. This may be disabled by unchecking Install fonts to system in the Advanced pull-down menu.
• Addons : If an author has included addon executable files with the package, they will be installed in the Rainmeter\Addons folder.

If any of the skins to be installed already exist, they will be moved to a Backup folder before installation. This may be disabled by unchecking Backup skins in the Advanced pull-down menu.

Click Install to complete the installation of the package.

Note: If Rainmeter is being run as a installation, start SkinInstaller.exe from the Rainmeter program folder, and browse to the .rmskin file to install it.

Major additions and changes in Rainmeter 4.3

Direct2D and Hardware Acceleration

Rainmeter 4.3 has changed entirely from using an older GDI+ graphics engine in Windows to the more modern and capable Direct2D (known as D2D for short). Not only does D2D offer additional capabilities we will be taking advantage of in the near future, but it also allows us to optionally support hardware acceleration. (known as HWA for short) This means that some of the processing, and the memory used, can be offloaded from the CPU to the GPU, and things will be rendered or «draw» significantly faster.

Hardware acceleration defaults to «off». This to help us to identify general issues that might come up with the conversion from GDI+ to D2D, and isolate any problems that are strictly related to hardware acceleration. Hardware acceleration can be turned «on» in the , and we recommend it. Future versions will change the default to «on» in Rainmeter.

Hardware acceleration and Intel HD integrated graphics: There is a known issue with certain Intel HD integrated graphics chips, often seen on laptop computers, and hardware acceleration. This is due to a bug in the drivers for these chips from Intel, and the problem can generally be solved by updating your system to the most recent version of the graphics drivers from Intel. Details and suggestions for this issue are at: Intel HD Graphics drawing issue(s) with hardware acceleration

Reporting problems with Direct2D: We would be very interested in anything you see that is «different» for you when using Rainmeter 4.3. Things that looked different in Rainmeter 4.2. The goal here is to ensure that we fully protect backwards compatibility with existing skins in the change from GDI+ to D2D. Any skin you run in Rainmeter 4.2 should look and work exactly the same in Rainmeter 4.3. Please report these issues in this forum area: Rainmeter 4.3 D2D Issues.

New Container Functionality

Added a new Container option to all meter types. This will allow you to place the contents of a meter inside another meter, acting as both a «container» and a «mask». See the documentation for important details and a .rmskin with several examples.

Other enhancements and fixes in Rainmeter 4.3

Section Variables: Added new and to allow you to make a meter relative to the end of another meter without requiring as a formula.

Line meter: Added a new option, which determines how the line (stroke) width is treated when is used on the meter.

About dialog: Corrected an inconsistency with how Measure and Variable values are «displayed» in the About/Skins dialog, and what is «copied» to the Windows clipboard when you use CTRL-C or right-click to copy string values. All string values will display up to 259 characters in the dialog window, being truncated and appended with «…» if longer. The full length of the value will always be copied to the clipboard.

AudioLevel plugin: Fixed an incompatibility with the Nahimic audio driver.

NowPlaying: Corrected an old issue with the option.

AccurateText: When and the size of a meter was used in a dynamic way in a formula, any fractional amount of size was being rounded down, or truncated. This has been changed so fractional amounts are rounded up to the nearest whole pixel.

Rainmeter Installer: If Rainmeter was previously installed with «Launch Rainmeter on startup», re-installing it with that box unchecked would not remove the shortcut from the Startup folder.

Skin Installer: Corrected an issue where skins and layouts that were selected to load after the installation of a .rmskin were often not being loaded.

Manage dialog: Corrected an issue where information in the dialog was not properly updated when a layout is loaded.

Rainmeter: Using the notification area tray icon will now properly restore minimized Manage, About and New skin dialogs.

Why should you install some of the best Rainmeter skins on your Windows system?

For those of you not in the loop, Rainmeter is a great open-source Windows customization tool that proffers easy customization options for your desktop and embellishes its overall look/layout substantially. The next question that arises is “how to use these skins, man?” Well, with RainMeter at the helm, you can do away with the need to download hundreds of wallpapers, widgets or bogus apps since there are hordes of RainMeter themes that a user can sift through without changing their wallpaper every now and then.

Of course, you can customize these Rainmeter themes to the brim and craft a distinctive look for your desktop! So, are you ready to find out the best Rainmeter skins for Windows 10/8.1/8 and Windows 7? Without further ado, let’s get started.

FAQ

How much ram does rainmeter use

In order to check the RAM consumption, you will need to open the Task Manager. Simply open the search tab on the Window menu and type in the «Task Manager» and it will bring to this setting.

Click on the «Processes» tab and you can see the consumption of RAM for each app like shown above. In order to see the «live» differences of RAM consumption, you load the skins or the widget and compare the «before and after» Rainmeter is used.

How to make rainmeter start on startup

Open the Task Manager, then click the «Startup» tab. Take a look at the Startup listing and click the status until it shows the «Enabled» function. Once you switch on your computer, the Rainmeter apps will automatically appear on the desktop screen.

How to stop rainmeter from opening on startup

Open the Task Manager, then click the «Startup» tab. Take a look at the Startup listing and click the status until it shows «Disabled» function. Once you switch on your computer, the Rainmeter apps will not automatically appear on the desktop screen.

How to change the size of rainmeter skins (make rainmeter skins bigger)

First method: Some skin pack have size variations (a few same skins but different size). It really depends on certain skin, for an example, you can take a look at the picture below. This skin has 3 different sizes and you can just simply pick any size that you like and load it to your desktop.

Second method: Sometimes it is possible to change size via edit skin .ini file. You can just simply click the «Edit» tab on the Rainmeter menu setting and it will bring to the notepad and you can find the code that state «Size of the skin» and then you can just simply change any value that you want. Save the notepad and click «refresh» on the desktop. You can monitor any size that most pleasant to your eyes.

How to restart rainmeter

After choosing your desired setting on the Rainmeter menu, you can see the immediate effect by clicking on the «refresh» tab like below. Whatever setting that you choose, make sure to click the «refresh» tab to see the result of the skin itself.

What language does rainmeter use

The Rainmeter app is multilanguage, but skins are not. Some skins support different language but not each and every skin because of it really depends on the developer on the skins. The original person behind each developer might become from different background and country.

How to change rainmeter weather location

You can change the weather code via skin menu (unfortunately, some skin do not have a menu, so the code can be changed by editing .ini file). In order to get the info about the weather codes for locations, you can go to weather.codes website.

Where does rainmeter store skins

Sometimes you need to check the skins folder for your own preferences like to edit or delete some stuff, you can simply do that by following this folder path like below:

Windows10:

C:\Users\*UserName*\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins

Going Further

If you don’t find the option that you want to change in the section, and the author has provided no other instructions, then your objective goes beyond merely «customizing» a skin: you will need to actually modify the skin away from the original author’s design.

This is not only possible—we actually encourage it! Breaking down the pieces of someone else’s creation and building something new with them is one of the best ways to learn Rainmeter. Modifying skins and creating new skins involve basically the same skills and require an understanding of the same core concepts. It is the tweakers, the experimenters, who get the most out of the tools that Rainmeter has to offer.

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Обзор Rainmeter

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Example

For a more complete example, check the Soita skin.

Update=1000BackgroundMode=2SolidColor=,,,255Measure=NowPlayingPlayerName=iTunesPlayerType=TITLEMeasure=NowPlayingPlayerName=PlayerType=ARTISTMeasure=NowPlayingPlayerName=PlayerType=ALBUMMeter=StringX=5Y=5FontColor=FFFF00Text="Prev"LeftMouseUpAction=Meter=StringX=20RY=5FontColor=FFFF00Text="Next"LeftMouseUpAction=Meter=StringMeasureName=MeasurePlayerX=5Y=35W=400H=20FontColor=255,255,255,255Text="Title: %1"Meter=StringMeasureName=MeasureArtistX=5Y=55W=400H=20FontColor=255,255,255,255Text="Artist: %1"Meter=StringMeasureName=MeasureAlbumX=5Y=75W=400H=20FontColor=255,255,255,255Text="Album: %1"

Context options

, , …

If not blank, adds an item to the skin’s context menu under «Custom skin actions». Up to 25 ContextTitleN options are allowed, with up to 30 characters per option. Additional characters are truncated with an ellipsis (). If more than 3 ContextTitleN options are given, «Custom skin actions» becomes a submenu. If a ContextTitleN option is not valid, all subsequent ContextTitleN options are ignored. In addition, if more than 3 options are given, and the value of ContextTitleN includes only dashes (), the item is displayed as a separator.

Note: Variables in are always . Variable values are read at the time the context menu is opened. This means that the bang can be used to change these values.

, , …

triggered by clicking the corresponding item. ContextActionN is required for ContextTitleN to be valid, unless the item is a separator.

Note: Variables in are always . Variable values are read at the time the context menu is opened. This means that the bang can be used to change these values.

Rainmeter Tutorial

How to install Rainmeter

1. Download the latest release from https://www.rainmeter.net/

2. Find the downloaded file and for this example, you can see the file on the desktop. Click «open» to install.

1. Once you have opened it, it will bring to the Rainmeter Setup like the picture below and select the Standard Installation. Click the «Next» button and wait until it is fully installed on your computer.

How to open rainmeter

1. Once it’s installed, it will automatically load a widget on your desktop, to open the settings, you need to Left-Click the Rainmeter icon in the Windows Notification Area on the taskbar.

2. From the Windows menu, you also can search the Rainmeter app via search tab. Otherwise, you also can Right-Click the Rainmeter icon and it will show the «Manage» tab and click this to bring to the Manage Rainmeter setting.

How to set up rainmeter

1. From the Rainmeter’s setting, you can click the «Skins» tab then you can take a look at the «Active Skins» and you can manage whatever widget to appear on your desktop.
2. On the Settings tab, the best advice for a newbie you can stick to the default setting.

Best Rainmeter Skins for Gamers

BioWare’s critically acclaimed game franchise makes a foray into the Rainmeter realm with its snazzy Mass Effect skin that caters to hardcore fans of the game. Users can revel in plentiful of modules such as a Media playback and Control panel, a Time and date bar, Network statistics graph, and a Hard disk information pane, that can all be easily rearranged and pulled as per convenience.

If minimalism is your niche, chances are you might be hooked to EkerLina from the get go. Eker Lina is an amazing RainMeter skin that proffers a clean look and a minimal outlook when applied to your desktop. In fact, the customizability options are aplenty and you surely can tweak around the theme all you want if you are an avid gamer.

Boasting numerous sub-modules that resemble small widgets, EkerLina follows a consistent design that can result in beautiful layouts since the skin’s sub elements can be arranged as per whim. What else makes Eker Lina one of the best Rainmeter skins for gamers? It thrives on systematically displaying data such as: RSS feeds, Media controls, System folder and drive shortcuts, Current weather, Time & Date, etc.

Gamers who want a distinctive and customized skin that harkens back to the medieval era can find respite in Medieval City, which is perhaps one of the most dramatic, visually enchanting and coolest looking skins up for grabs. Of course, you can do all the usual fare: get access to documents, pictures, videos, desktop, music, and much more.

Another fantasy-themed action game Rainmeter skin, Monster Hunter is a must for beast slayas who will be drawn to the graphics-laden rainmeter theme. Monster Hunter gives off a quintessential gamer desktop feel with unlimited customizability options so you wouldn’t want to miss out on this one.

What would a list of the best rainmeter skins for avid gamers be bereft of a mere mention of Battlefield 3? The hugely popular game comes to the fore in a Rainmeter theme avatar with a slick custom sidebar on the right side of the screen where users can insert their favorite apps or shortcuts.

Moreover, you can get a custom date widget and clock on the screen with live streaming weather updates. But, here’s the best bit: gamers who want to customize their PC into a full-fledged gaming console can definitely give this Rainmeter theme a try to attain some really cool visual effects that thoroughly resemble Battlefield graphics.