Folder rearrangements
Posted: June 17th, 2012, 3:58 pm
In Rainmeter 2.3 RC several folders have been moved to new locations:
This change does NOT require changes in skins. We handle everything automatically. But you really should stop using the Addons folder
This change affects Standard installations only. Portable installs are not affected.
- Addons have been moved from Program Files\Rainmeter to %APPDATA%\Rainmeter\Addons
- Non-default plugins have been moved from Program Files\Rainmeter\Plugins\*.dll to
%APPDATA%\Rainmeter\Plugins\*.dll
- %APPDATA% is a per-user location whereas Program Files is machine-wide. Since addons and plugins are user-specific components, having them in a per-user location is better.
- Since %APPDATA% is a per-user location, installing to it does not require UAC elevation. Thus, Skin Installer can install addons and plugins without administrative privileges.
This change does NOT require changes in skins. We handle everything automatically. But you really should stop using the Addons folder
This change affects Standard installations only. Portable installs are not affected.