Help: Rainmeter Skins • How to use UsageMonitor to get disk read/write?
I'm trying to show disk read/write for all disk. I'm really confused on how to use UsageMonitor.My skin are like thisCode: # DISK...
View ArticleCommunity Plugins & Addons • Key Detection Plugin (?)
Hi, does anybody know if a 'Key Detection' plugin exists?Something like what the HotKey plugin does when ShowAllKeys=1 but that actually returns the keys (preferably their hex code) instead of just...
View ArticleHelp: Rainmeter Skins • Rainmeter's Game Mode interrupts GameHUB game launch...
I'm using gameHUB 2 to launch my games and Rainmeter's Game Mode (Additional process list), to disable skins and free up GPU usage.When I launch a game, a "loading screen" animation plays (like...
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Images and Animations • Rain Savers
rs1.jpgRainmeter ScreensaversRain Savers_1.2025.02.22.rmskinPeek at your desktop through Ellipse, Square, or Rectangle shapesRandom speed and expanding sizesDark, Dynamic Linear, or Dynamic Radial...
View ArticleHelp: Rainmeter Skins • Roundline/Rotator Gradient Painting
I tried to make a gauge. I tried it with Roundline and Rotator but I couldn't do it.What I'm trying to make is a gauge like the one on speedtest.net.However I want to paint the lower parts of the...
View ArticleHelp: Rainmeter Skins • Ping plugin's Timeout doesn't work as expected.
I wanted to make ping indicator. My final goal is to detect ping every seconds, and show "RTO" if request timeout.My assumption is that I should set Timeout to 1000 and UpdateRate to (1000/#MyUpdate#)...
View ArticleGeneral Discussion • Newb question
Hello everyone, I'm new to rainmeter so I'm sorry if the question is too basic, basically I have an image loaded as a skin and I want it to flash on and off every second or so, thanks in...
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Help: Rainmeter Skins • Trouble displaying Segoe Fluent Font Icon
I used a method in another skin to switch between two icons as a kind of selector. The Icon showing the current state of the selection, ie, On or Off.For some reason, the icon does not display...
View ArticleHelp: Rainmeter Skins • Set [Rainmeter] SolidColor dynamically.
documentation said:You may only use !SetOption on Meters and Measures. This means that you may not change any settings in [Rainmeter] or [Variables]So how do I dynamically change SolidColor in...
View ArticleSite Discussion • Using Unicode chars above the Basic Multilingual Plane
Hello,In the manual under Character Reference Variables is the following bullet point:Screenshot 2025-02-25 210637.pngThis is repeated again in the section about Finding those Unicode Values, third...
View ArticleQuotes and Notes • SimpleOneNote
SimpleOneNote is a lightweight and simple skin.It is designed to remind you of one very important thing you need to do next.In my case, it was a Zoom Live Call that I missed because I got the time...
View ArticleHelp: Rainmeter Skins • How do I make text shake?
I made a repeating 45 minute timer (though it could be configured to be any amount of time tbh - 5 seconds is good for testing) that plays a sound file and flashes orange when it goes off. I'd like to...
View ArticleSite Discussion • Yincognito 10 years!
Hey Yincognito! It has been noted that you have been a member of these forums for 10 years today, February 27! Thanks for all the excellent help and advice for all these years!image.jpgStatistics:...
View ArticleHelp: Rainmeter Skins • Problems with random formula and its use
Hi everyone, I hope you all doing well!I'm working on a personal rainmeter skin that I want to use for few different things - and I'm trying to implement certain random feature that I have serious...
View ArticleHelp: Rainmeter Application • DesktopWorkAreaType=1 - shortcut hiding taskbar...
hello,i am using windows 11 24h2 pro and i have 2 problems regarding the Code: [Rainmeter]DesktopWorkAreaType=1option set in the global rainmeter.ini:1. why does the shortcut "[windows-key] + [^]"...
View ArticleFeeds & Internet Data • Stock Market Change Over Time %
I made a super simple skin that I couldn't find anywhere. This skin displays the percentage change in stock prices over different time frames. It shows today, the last 5 days, 1 month, 3 months, 1...
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General Discussion • Update=16
We can make Rainmeter's refresh rate at least 16 ms. So, why?It because Windows' timer resolution is 15.6 ms or ?!?!Just curious Statistics: Posted by tass_co — Yesterday, 10:41 pm — Replies 7 — Views...
View ArticleHelp: Rainmeter Skins • Song Title Scrolling Skin Help
Hello, I have set up a skin to scroll the song name from right to left, but I have an issue. Especially with short song names, it takes a bit of time for the name to reappear from the right once it...
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Help: Rainmeter Skins • Formula help required... again! :)
I have a set of shape meters used as bar meters. Each measures CPU, GPU, RAM, etc, with 7 in total.I have set them pretty close, I think. But they each consist of 3 shapes:1. Background, or solid...
View ArticleHelp: Rainmeter Skins • Help with leading zeroes and counting files in a folder
Apologies for what might well be some atrocious code, I'm a total newb here and this is as far as I've managed to get by splicing together results from other help topics. The skin displays an image on...
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