Chewtoy wrote:What did it say before you placed your path like you did?
If it was #SomeText# then there will be SomeText=Something in the [Variables] section (at the top of the skin or in a @included file). Then you can change the path there instead of having to go in to the skin itself and potentially do some sort of damage.
Have you a lot of applications that start on boot?
I have myself recently 'up'graded from windows XP 32bit to windows 7 64bit. And in my experience so far windows 7 itself is buggy and freezes on time to time and have problems loading things in a good fashion, even if it's a simple task like opening the start menu.
For the clock I recommend you read
http://rainmeter.net/cms/Rainmeter101-SkinTutorials
And when you have a hang of that you can check out
http://rainmeter.net/cms/Measures-Time
I had a wee chuckle when I saw "upgraded to W7". I find that funny, especially since you're coming from beloved XP.
As far as startup programs, I have nothing at startup other than Rocketdock, Rainmeter, iTunesHelper, and a few mandatory system .exe's. And I must agree about the freezing of the OS, however, everything else works perfectly fine when this freezing occurs, it's just rainmeter that is freezing.
I SOLVED MY OWN PROBLEM FOR THE SLIDESHOW!
This is what it says by default, and now I believe I understand what you mean, and if not, please correct me if I am wrong.
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[Rainmeter]
Author=P2C | toastbrotpascal.deviantart.com
Update=1000
@include="#SKINSPATH#\ABP\Variables.txt"
@include2="#SKINSPATH#\ABP\Resources\#Skin#\Colors.txt"
[BG]
Meter=IMAGE
ImageName=SlideshowBG.png
Path="#SKINSPATH#\ABP\Resources\#Skin#"
[MeasurePicture]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\QuotePlugin.dll
PathName=#SlideshowPath#
FileFilter=*.jpeg; *.jpg
UpdateDivider=30
[Picture]
Meter=IMAGE
MeasureName=MeasurePicture
X=36
Y=37
W=122
H=78
PreserveAspectRatio=1
MouseOverAction=!Execute [!RainmeterShowMeter BG2][!RainmeterShowMeter ShowImage1][!RainmeterShowMeter SetImage1][!RainmeterShowMeter StopMeasure1][!RainmeterRedraw]
MouseLeaveAction=!Execute [!RainmeterHideMeter BG2][!RainmeterHideMeter ShowImage1][!RainmeterHideMeter SetImage1][!RainmeterHideMeter StopMeasure1][!RainmeterRedraw]
[Text]
Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=Style
X=97
Y=146
StringAlign=CENTER
Text=#SlideshowText#
I went into C:\Users\Anthony\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\ABP, as that is where the variables.txt is located, and within that file was this:
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;=====ABP Variables File - go here for advanced tweaking =====
@include2="#SKINSPATH#\ABP\Resources\#Skin#\Colors.txt"
[Style]
FontFace=Calibri
FontColor=#BaseColor#
AntiAlias=1
FontSize=8
SolidColor=0,0,0,1
[Variables]
;=====Appearance=====
skin=White
Color=187,151,68
;=====Weather=====
WeatherCode=USPA0490
Unit=c
;=====RSS=====
RSS1=http://www.wiitower.de/feed/
Name1=Wiitower.de
RSS2=http://www.engadget.com/rss.xml
Name2=Engadget
RSS3=http://feeds.gawker.com/lifehacker/full
Name3=Lifehacker
;=====System-Drives=====
Drive1=C:\
Drive2=D:\
Drive3=E:\
;=====Notes-Headlines=====
Note1=Notizen
Note2=ToDo
Note3=Notes
;=====Slideshow=====
SlideshowPath=G:\Lordi\Documents\Pictures\Backgrounds
SlideshowText=Slideshow
;=====Apps1=====
Label1=Apps1
App1-1=CD Art Display
Link1-1=D:\CD Art Display\CAD.exe
App1-2=iTunes
Link1-2=iTunes.exe
App1-3=Firefox
Link1-3=Firefox.exe
App1-4=Gimp
Link1-4=gimp-2.6.exe
App1-5=Irfanview
Link1-5=Irfanview.exe
App1-6=Miranda
Link1-6=miranda32.exe
App1-7=Skype
Link1-7=C:\Programme\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe
;=====Apps2=====
Label2=Apps2
App2-1=none
Link2-1=
App2-2=none
Link2-2=
App2-3=none
Link2-3=
App2-4=none
Link2-4=
App2-5=none
Link2-5=
App2-6=none
Link2-6=
App2-7=none
Link2-7=none
;=====Apps3=====
Label3=Apps3
App3-1=none
Link3-1=
App3-2=none
Link3-2=
App3-3=none
Link3-3=
App3-4=none
Link3-4=
App3-5=none
Link3-5=
App3-6=none
Link3-6=
App3-7=none
Link3-7=
As you can see by the slideshow section, I've changed it from default of E:\ to my directory. Is this wrong? If it's not, then why is it still not working? I apologize that I'm not grasping this concept with ease, and I'd like to thank you again for helping me and being patient enough to do so.[/strike]
I SOLVED MY OWN PROBLEM FOR THE SLIDESHOW!
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Thanks for the link to the measures time, that was very simple and I have the clock configured how I want it now, thanks!
[edit] Now I've got another problem, it's with the Weather skin, it has the proper weather code, however, it doesn't show the corresponding data from the website. I assume it's just another one of my user-end problems, and I'm sure I could find it with a bit of reading, so I'll get on that after I post this!