Move the folder to the Rainmeter "Skins" folder:Ĭ:\Users\YourName\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins 1įinally, right-click the Rainmeter Windows Notification area icon and select Refresh all. If not, look for a folder with the same name as the skin - it might be inside another folder that is actually called "Skins". The archive may include a readme.txt file with further instructions. After installing the software, right-click the archive in Explorer to extract it. 7-Zip is one of the popular choices, since it can handle almost any archive type. Here is how to install them:įirst of all, if a skin comes in an archive, such as a ZIP, RAR or 7Z file, software is needed to "extract" them. All versions of Rainmeter are 100% backwards-compatible, so these older skins will still work just fine. Installing Manuallyīefore Rainmeter 1.3, most skins had to be unzipped and moved to the Skins folder by hand. Note: If Rainmeter is being run as a portable installation, start SkinInstaller.exe from the Rainmeter program folder, and browse to the. This may be disabled by unchecking Backup skins in the Advanced pull-down menu.Ĭlick Install to complete the installation of the package. If any of the skins to be installed already exist, they will be moved to a Backup folder before installation. Addons : If an author has included addon executable files with the package, they will be installed in the Rainmeter\Addons folder.This may be disabled by unchecking Install fonts to system in the Advanced pull-down menu. Fonts : If an author has included font files with the package, they will be installed in the Windows\Fonts folder.No longer supported in new Rainmeter 2.4. dll files will be installed to the Rainmeter\Plugins folder. Plugins : If the author has added custom plugins to the package the appropriate 32bit/64bit architecture version of the plugin.If Apply included layout is selected, the layout will be applied to Rainmeter following installation. Layouts : If the author has added a layout to the package it will be installed in the Rainmeter\Layouts folder.The author of the package may indicate that one or more skins will automatically be loaded when the installation is complete.
Skins : At least one skin will always be included and installed in the Rainmeter\Skins folder.So add here a number of minutes larger with 1, than the delay set for your screensaver.This dialog lists each component that will be installed. You obviously have to adjust this value (the 5) to the right amount of time to get the !RefreshApp bang executed only after the screensaver starts. With this option added, when you load or refresh the skin having this option, you get a refresh after 5 x 60 seconds, so after 5 minutes. You just have to add the following option to the section of any of the activated skins (take care not to forget to remove this option, once you saw what's going on): OnRefreshaction=. However there are methods to refresh a skin or whole Rainmeter when the screensaver is running.
But don't know the gPhotoshow screensaver either, this is true. Me at least definitely didn't meet something like this and don't know about such a possibility. When a screensaver is started, no Rainmeter skins can be seen above the screensaver, no matter how the skins are set. I agree with Yincognito: never, but never saw any skin of any kind, seeable above a screensaver. I will look into that app and determine if it has a topmost setting. GPhotoshow is a screensaver so, no way I know of 'refreshing/restarting' RM without terminating the ss.
MourningStar wrote: ↑ September 19th, 2023, 12:30 am