Removing ScrollUp/Down actions from all running skins and re-launching Rainmeter will cause the CPU use spikes to stop when the mouse is moved.
Rainmeter spikes between 1-3% on mouse move on my laptop.
Try:
1. Create a skin using the below code
2. Close all skins except that 1 skin.
3. Exit Rainmeter, Open Rainmeter
4. Click on the skin
5. Move the cursor while observing Rainmeter CPU usage in Task Manager
No CPU usage should be reported.
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[Rainmeter]
[Variables]
[Meter]
Meter=Image
SolidColor=255,55,55
W=50
H=50
2. Exit Rainmeter, Open Rainmeter.
3. Click on the skin.
4. Move the cursor while observing Rainmeter CPU usage in Task Manager
CPU usage should now be spiking when the mouse is moved. Rainmeter will continue to spike when the mouse is moved regardless of what app is focused, regardless of what the skin Z position is, regardless of any other factor, CPU usage will continue to spike on mouse move for the duration that Rainmeter or that skin is open.
Note: For some unknown reason, the CPU will not spike on mouse move when the Task Manager has focus. Maybe this is helpful. Not sure why it would be an exception to the rule. But ScrollUp/Down actions do not work in Rainmeter while the Task Manager has focus.
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[Rainmeter]
MouseScrollUpAction=[!Redraw]
MouseScrollDownAction=[!Redraw]
Rainmeter 4.4.0.3438 beta (64-bit)
Language: English (1033)
Build time: 2021-03-13 11:47:49
Windows 10 Pro 2004 64-bit (build 19041) - English (1033)
Path: C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\
SkinPath: C:\Users\Carib\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\
SettingsPath: C:\Users\Carib\AppData\Roaming\Rainmeter\
IniFile: C:\Users\Carib\AppData\Roaming\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.ini