

There’s a lot to process on the menu, but rest assured you don’t need to understand every part of this menu to get a nice looking desktop. Once you’ve opened the Rainmeter menu, you may be a bit confused. I have it in my toolbar, so I’m going to open the Rainmeter menu from there. You can right-click on the default loaded skin and click manage skins.Įither that or you can locate where the shortcut icon for Rainmeter was saved and double click that. There are multiple ways to open the main menu of Rainmeter. This is a preset layout Rainmeter has loaded by default. Now that you have it downloaded, some default skins will appear. You’ll just want to click install and select allow when prompted to allow Rainmeter to make changes. Standard installation is selected by default, so you’re just going to want to click next.Īfter you click next, it will prompt you to choose where to save the program file. We will do the recommended standard installation. The setup wizard will prompt you to choose either the standard installation or portable installation. You’ll then want to locate where it’s saved in your file explorer and double click the setup file. Once you click download final it will prompt you to save the setup file into downloads. For this, we’re going to be downloading the final version. You can either download the beta version or the final version. On the landing page, you’ll see two download options. Downloading And Setting Up Rainmeterįirst, you’re going to want to visit the Rainmeter Website. So let’s get started with downloading Rainmeter. Rainmeter is very simple to use with the right skins, and the final product can be amazing. In this article, I’ll guide you through the basics of setting up Rainmeter, finding skins/themes, and setting them up on your desktop. The skins are very community based mainly those created by independent creators, so it’s all about trial and error. Rainmeter is a bit tricky to navigate, and not all of the themes and skins are going to work incredibly well.
