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Win10 Widgets - How to remove all backgrounds

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ghammer80
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Win10 Widgets - How to remove all backgrounds

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Hey,

Been searching a bit but can't seem to get this to work, I am looking to remove all the black backgrounds on all the skins for Win10 widgets. I think I did it before with an older version of Rainmeter, but can't remember how. Thanks in advance

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Win10 widgets is skin (suite) for Rainmeter? If so, please give us a link where we can download it.
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Hye,

Ya it is the stock skins that come with Rainmeter.
http://win10widgets.com/

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ghammer80 wrote:Hye,

Ya it is the stock skins that come with Rainmeter.
http://win10widgets.com/

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That is in no way a stock skin, doesn't come with Rainmeter, and is not endorsed or supported by the Rainmeter project.
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ghammer80 wrote:come with Rainmeter.
Are you sure about this? See jsmorley's above reply.

However, to change the color of the background, open the Win10 Widgets\@Resources\variables.ini file and replace the value of the BackgroundColor variable (within the [Variables] section) with the desired color. To remove the background, I suggest to replace the alpha value of the initial code (BackgroundColor=24,24,24,[color=#FF0000]217[/color] - so the 217), with 1: BackgroundColor=24,24,24,[color=#008F00]1[/color]. This makes the background transparent, but clickable (which usually is a good thing).
You probably will also want to remove the alpha value of the BorderColor variable, to also make invisible the border of the background: replace the BorderColor=100,100,100,[color=#FF0000]100[/color], with BorderColor=100,100,100,[color=#008F00]1[/color]
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jsmorley wrote:That is in no way a stock skin, doesn't come with Rainmeter, and is not endorsed or supported by the Rainmeter project.
The Win10Widget author offers his skins in two forms: skins only and a package that includes Rainmeter.
He does have a disclaimer, but to some, that may give the impression Rainmeter comes with this skin.
Not how I would recommend getting the latest Rainmeter. :17denial
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Ahh ok ya that makes sense. I have the latest Beta of Rainmeter, so I'll try those changes to see if I can get the backgrounds to be transparent. Thanks!
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Beauty, got it, thanks for the quick replies, sorry for the confusion!
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eclectic-tech wrote:The Win10Widget author offers his skins in two forms: skins only and a package that includes Rainmeter.
He is dead to me...
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eclectic-tech wrote:The Win10Widget author offers his skins in two forms: skins only and a package that includes Rainmeter.
He does have a disclaimer, but to some, that may give the impression Rainmeter comes with this skin.
Not how I would recommend getting the latest Rainmeter. :17denial
eclectic-tech :17good

There are a few details which make me to believe that the author is not very familiar with Rainmeter code. Just two of them:
  • All included files are .ini, not .inc. Definitely work, but not this is the habit.
  • Update=1 in the [Rainmeter] sections of more skins? Come on...
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