Rainmeter and Windows 10

[rick-t-fiedrain]

After upgrading from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 I ran into problems with my skins not being able to write and save to variables to any file.

In case others run into similar problems, please know there is a simple solution: Just reinstall Rainmeter and all will be well.

RICK

[rick-t-fiedrain]

Well, the solution from my previous post worked for 15 hours. Suddenly, out of the blue, Windows 10 seems to block rainmeter from being able to write to the disc.

Solution number two: Run rainmeter.exe with as administrator (instructions on doing that at the bottom for anyone who might need them.)

All is working again ... for now.

RICK


Make Rainmeter always run as an Administrator in Windows 10:

1. 1) Using file explorer navigate to Program Files\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.exe

• 2) Right click on Rainmeter.exe.

• 3) From the context menu click 'Properties'.

• 4) On the resulting window select the 'Compatibility" tab.

• 5) Find option 'Run this program as an administrator'.

• 6) Select the Checkmark Box and click 'Apply' or 'OK'.

The next time you load rainmeter, it will be as an administrator.

[balala]

I don't have Windows 10, but in case you have the skins folder on C:, you should try move it to D: (or any other drive). Just a thought.

[Weigh13]

Hi guys! I'm having an odd problem. Rainmeter runs fine after I changed it to run as admin, but now the app won't start when windows starts. It even appears in the list of startup apps in task manager but it simply won't open unless I run it myself. Anyone have a guess for what's going on?

[jsmorley]

Hi guys! I'm having an odd problem. Rainmeter runs fine after I changed it to run as admin, but now the app won't start when windows starts. It even appears in the list of startup apps in task manager but it simply won't open unless I run it myself. Anyone have a guess for what's going on?

You have some kind of permissions problem with your account or on your Documents folder or something, There should be no need to go through all this with Rainmeter. When installed normally, it only writes to two places. Your account's personal APPDATA folder, which your account should have full access to, and your account's personal Documents folder, which you should also have full access to.

I don't know what is going on for you, unless you installed Rainmeter in "portable" mode and have it in a location like C:\Program files\ that Windows will aggressively protect.

But in any case, Windows is not thrilled about running 3rd-party apps that are set to "Run as administrator" from the Startup folder. What you will have to do (assuming you can't just fix this permissions issue) is to create a Scheduled Task (Task Scheduler under "Windows Administrative Tools") to have Rainmeter executed when your account "logs on to Windows".

The process will be similar to one I posted about a while back to run SpeedFan at startup the same way:

http://rainmeter.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=79783#p79783

[jckinncik]

Im having a size problem, Rainmeter works fine but it's bigger than it was before. Anybody know how to resize it to make it smaller.

[jsmorley]

Im having a size problem, Rainmeter works fine but it's bigger than it was before. Anybody know how to resize it to make it smaller.

Sounds to me like Windows 10 has changed the DPI (dots per inch) or screen resolution of your display. You might want to look at changing these:

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[jckinncik]

Im not on the laptop that has Rainmeter at the moment, but I will try that thanks. The only thing I'm worried about is that it will make everything else smaller. Rainmeter is the only thing on my desktop that is big, everything else is the right size.

[jckinncik]

Sounds to me like Windows 10 has changed the DPI (dots per inch) or screen resolution of your display. You might want to look at changing these:

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Didn't work I'm already set to the smallest size and Rainmeter is the only thing that's too big on my desktop.

[moshi]

screenshot or it didn't happen