One of the biggest complaints with previous versions of Rainmeter was that your awesome desktop widgets hide when you use Win+D or the Show Desktop shortcut to see your desktopādefeating the purpose. Hereās how to make them stick there.
The new setting is part of more recent versions of Rainmeter, and the default Gnometer skins are already set to use the new parameterāthe problem is that older skins arenāt necessarily updated, so we figured weād show how it works.
Using the Context Menu
You can simply right-click on any skin and choose Settings ā> Position ā> On Desktop. Itās as simple as that.
Editing the Skin Manually
You can edit a skin manually by right-clicking and choosing Edit Skin, but to get your hands on the On Desktop variable, youāll need to edit the Rainmeter.ini fileāyou can open up RainBrowser and click the Edit Settings link under Global Actions.
Or you can just paste this into your Start Menu run box to get straight to the file:
notepad %appdata%\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.ini
Once youāre there, make sure the AlwaysOnTop variable is set to ā2 so it will stick on the desktop.
You can do a search and replace for anything set to ā1 and change it to ā2, which can be handy if youāve got a bunch of skins and you donāt feel like manually selecting them all.
This is the third part in our series explaining how to use Rainmeter. If you havenāt already, make sure to read the previous two parts in the series:
- Beginnerās Guide to Rainmeter: Display System Stats on Your Desktop
- How to Make a Rainmeter Skin Stick to the Desktop Without Moving
Got any specific Rainmeter questions youād like answered? Leave your question in the comments and weāll see if we can help.
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