Instructions to customize your PC screen with Rainmeter

Rainmeter is a popular free desktop customization utility for Windows. It allows users to create and display customizable on-screen widgets or applets, called skins, to display information. Rainmeter includes a collection of ready-to-use skins that can be downloaded and installed, called suites.

In this article, learn how to customize your PC screen with Rainmeter, giving everyone's computer a fresh, beautiful, and unique look.

How to download and install Rainmeter

Step 1 : Click the Download Rainmeter button here to download the latest version of the application.

Step 2 : Open the downloaded file, right-click and select Open to install.

Step 3 : Once it has opened the file, it will navigate to the Rainmeter Setup window . Select Standard installation , click Next and wait until it is completely installed on the computer.

Step 4 : Once installed, Rainmeter will automatically load a widget on the desktop. To open the settings, people need to left-click on the Rainmeter icon in the Windows notification area on the taskbar.

Step 5 : From the Windows menu, users can also find the Rainmeter application via the search tab. Otherwise, users can also right click on the Rainmeter icon and it will bring up the Manage tab to go to the Manage Rainmeter settings .

How to set up Rainmeter

From Rainmeter's Settings , users can click the Skins tab , then browse through Active Skins to be able to manage any widgets that appear on their desktop.

For Rainmeter newbies, the best advice when navigating to Settings is to keep the default settings.

How to download and install Skins for Rainmeter

Step 1 : Go to VisualSkins.com and browse the available Skins to download the file. In addition, people can also find on deviantArt and GitHub.

Step 2 : Once the skin file has been downloaded, find and click Open it to install. The skin file will automatically be added to the Rainmeter menu settings.

Step 3 : Find the name of the skin you just downloaded in the menu, open the folder and simply download or remove the skin depending on your needs.

How to Customize Skins in Rainmeter

Step 1 : Click Edit from the Skins tab in Manage Rainmeter .

Step 2 : Users can edit the skin via notepad as shown below. People can see a lot of variable definitions or code to edit the way they want.

User can change color (in RGB format) or font, position,. After finishing editing, save the file and click Refresh.

How to uninstall and remove skins

Step 1 : Click Unload Skin from the Skin menu or from the Rainmeter application menu. Users can also hover over any widget and right-click to remove the skins.

Step 2 : Alternatively, people can delete the skins folder to remove it completely from the Rainmeter menu settings, refer to the picture below or can navigate by the directory path C:/Users//Documents/Rainmeter/ Skins .

Marvin Fry

Update 18 August 2022