RainMeter - Awesomeness Desktop gadgets

We all like to keep our desktop very attractively. So today I came with a great software named Rainmeter. There are lots of gadgets are packed with this software. If you need more, you can download from internet.
This software supported on Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8.

Step 1
First of all download software from below link. After that I'll guide you how to work with this. Above is screenshot of my desktop. How is that? :)

Download Rainmeter

Step 2
Now install it. It is small software about 1.3MB size. Next download skin pack from below link. It is about a 58MB RAR file. There are 38 skins included in this skin pack.

Download Rainmeter Skins

Step 3
If you're installed the software you can see the Rain Drop icon on the system tray. Right click on it and select Edit Settings.

Step 4
After the select Edit Settings you can see the notepad appears like this. In the notepad find the line that I highlighted with Red. (It may be different on your computer) It is the location of the skin's folder. So you need to extract your downloaded skins to this location.

Step 5
Now right click on the raindrop icon and select Refresh All from the list.

Then again right click on it and go to Skins. Now you can see the skins that you've extracted in Step 4. Select any of skins and fill your desktop with awesome gadgets.

Step 6
You can change settings of the skins as you like. Right click on any skin and select Edit skin. Then you'll appear notepad with the skin's settings. As an example I gave my video song's path for it. After the done your changes you save can it File > Save. Be careful before saving your changes.

Step 7
You can change another settings of the skin by right click on skin and then go to Settings.
If you remove tick from Draggable you can't drag skin anywhere. I think it is better.
If you put a tick to Click Through, when you right click on gadget it won't show settings menu. It will show normal right click menu. So you can change settings as you like.

Step 8
If you don't like the skin you selected, you can remove it. Right click on the skin and select Unload skin to remove it.

For more info visit: Rainmeter.NET
Special thanks for blogger user Haritha Gayashan.
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