
The config name is based on the path from the main Skins folder to the skin file. ConfigĮach skin is identified with a certain config name. The folder is used by Rainmeter to load custom fonts and custom cursors. Complex skins are recommended to store supporting files in a folder called inside the root config folder. Separate skins not to be treated as variants must be stored in separate folders.Ĭ:\Users\YourName\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\illustro\Clock\ 12HrClock.iniĬ:\Users\YourName\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\illustro\Clock\ 24HrClock.iniĬ:\Users\YourName\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\illustro\ 12HrClock\Clock.iniĬ:\Users\YourName\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\illustro\ 24HrClock\Clock.ini supporting files used by the skin, such as images, addon executables, sounds, or Lua scripts, should also be stored in the skin folder. Only one variant can be active at a time, and all variants use the same settings. files, they are each considered variants of the same skin. If a single folder contains multiple SkinName1.ini, SkinName2.ini. SkinName.ini in its own named folder within Skins, as in: Rainmeter\Skins\ SkinFolder\ SkinName.ini.Īll of these folder paths may be referenced in a skin as built-in-variables. The Skins folder can also be changed in Rainmeter's settings.Ī skin is stored as a named. If Rainmeter is installed as a portable application, the Skins folder is found in the installation folder. If Rainmeter has been installed normally, the default location of the Skins folder is:Ĭ:\Users\ YourName\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins Files and FoldersĪll skins are stored in Rainmeter's "Skins" folder. Each skin is generally stored and loaded as an independent, self-contained module. Rainmeter includes utilities for publishing and installing 3rd-party skins.

Skins come with many different sizes, styles, user interfaces, and levels of complexity. A skin is a movable, dynamic, sometimes-interactive window that appears over the Windows desktop, and usually gathers and displays information of some kind. Rainmeter's basic purpose is to run skins.
