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usuario
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How to persist configured layout?

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I've just installed rainmeeter, configured some skins, restarted my PC and got empty desktop.
Do I have to load skins manually on each startup?
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SilverAzide
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Re: How to persist configured layout?

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No, you don't. Make sure you have full read/write permissions to C:\Users\<yourname>\AppData\Roaming\Rainmeter.
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usuario
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Re: How to persist configured layout?

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I have full access in security, but folder and files are marked read only (i suppose it is done intentionally by app?).
Anyway, I got this in rainmeter.ini

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[minimo]
Active=2
WindowX=217@2
WindowY=1172@2
ClickThrough=1
Draggable=1
SnapEdges=0
KeepOnScreen=1
AlwaysOnTop=0
AutoSelectScreen=0
HideOnMouseOver=0

that tells me that settings are actually saved, but for some reason not activated on startup.
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Re: How to persist configured layout?

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Looks like it is skin-specific issue, default skins are getting loaded.
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balala
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Re: How to persist configured layout?

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usuario wrote:restarted my PC and got empty desktop.
Do you mean the skins are missing, or neither the Windows icons aren't there?

And based on the following options:
usuario wrote:

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WindowX=217@2
WindowY=1172@2
I think your [minimo] skin is on your second screen, supposing you have two. If you don't have, just remove the @2 from both WindowsX and WindowsY options:

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WindowX=217
WindowY=1172
Now do a refresh all. I hope the skin appears this time.
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Re: How to persist configured layout?

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usuario wrote:Looks like it is skin-specific issue, default skins are getting loaded.
Now I'm sure it's not. See above.
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Re: How to persist configured layout?

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I'm sure it is, I've configured default illustro skin in same place, and it was loaded as expected.
With minimo I have to press load, and then it appears where I left it before restart.
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Re: How to persist configured layout?

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usuario wrote:With minimo I have to press load, and then it appears where I left it before restart.
And now when [minimo] is visible, what values do you have for the WindowX and WindowY options in the [minimo] section of Rainmeter.ini?
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Re: How to persist configured layout?

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minimo doesn't load anyway, no matter what is in its coordinates (I've tried both removing @2 and setting @1).
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Re: How to persist configured layout?

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usuario wrote:minimo doesn't load anyway, no matter what is in its coordinates (I've tried both removing @2 and setting @1).
Are you sure it's not loaded? To check, right click Rainmeter icon in the notification area, go to Skins, go to the config of the minimo skin and see if in the submenu the appropriate name of the .ini file (probably, but not absolutely necessary minimo.ini) is checked. If it is, it is loaded, if it's not checked, the skin isn't loaded.
Is it loaded?
And when you manually edit the Rainmeter.ini, you have to do a Refresh all after each change of the options. Or an even better solution would be to completely close Rainmeter, then start it again. Have you tried these?