Hi, i've used rain meter for a year or so now, but i'm no expert in the coding side of it.
Before i recently did a fresh OS install to windows 7, i had vista and had rain meter on my second monitor. I have now set it up just how i had it on my old OS, but whenever i exit rain meter, and load it back up, all the skins are on top of each other in the top left corner of the screen, rather than being neatly placed around on my 2nd monitor, like i put them, and like they always did on my old OS. Is there something i'm doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Problems with positioning on restart.
- jsmorley
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Re: Problems with positioning on restart.
Sounds a bit like Rainmeter is having problems writing to Rainmeter.ini. Do changes other settings, like "skin transparency" survive a restart of Rainmeter?
Tell me a little about how you have Rainmeter set up. What version of Rainmeter? Was it installed with the "installer" or just put in a folder using the .zip version? What is the SkinPath= setting under "Edit Settings"?
Tell me a little about how you have Rainmeter set up. What version of Rainmeter? Was it installed with the "installer" or just put in a folder using the .zip version? What is the SkinPath= setting under "Edit Settings"?
Re: Problems with positioning on restart.
Installed with the installer, SkinPath=C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\Skins\, and its the latest version available on main page.
This is how i'm trying to have it set up, but it keeps resetting after a restart etc.
This is how i'm trying to have it set up, but it keeps resetting after a restart etc.
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- jsmorley
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Re: Problems with positioning on restart.
So you have gotten a "portable" install somehow (more than likely you upgraded an old 0.14 version last year), as your skins should be in My Documents on a normal installation. Not a real problem, you are just going to have to right click Rainmeter.exe and under Properties / Compatibility, set it to "Run this program as an administrator". Otherwise it cannot write to the Rainmeter.ini in C:\Program Files.
Re: Problems with positioning on restart.
Sorry, but that hasn't worked either. :roll:jsmorley wrote: So you have gotten a "portable" install somehow (more than likely you upgraded an old 0.14 version last year), as your skins should be in My Documents on a normal installation. Not a real problem, you are just going to have to right click Rainmeter.exe and under Properties / Compatibility, set it to "Run this program as an administrator". Otherwise it cannot write to the Rainmeter.ini in C:\Program Files.
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Re: Problems with positioning on restart.
Let's nail down the problem shall we? Right click one of your skins and change a setting like "transparency". Set it to something noticeable like "50%". Now Exit Rainmeter and restart it. Is that skin still at 50%?
Re: Problems with positioning on restart.
Real sorry my replies are taking a while, i've been real busy with work, and haven't had alot of time to myself. I'm really appreciating all your help though.jsmorley wrote:Let's nail down the problem shall we? Right click one of your skins and change a setting like "transparency". Set it to something noticeable like "50%". Now Exit Rainmeter and restart it. Is that skin still at 50%?
And yes, changing the transparency and restarting it allows the skin to keep the same transparency.
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Re: Problems with positioning on restart.
Hmm. So it isn't that you can't write to Rainmeter.ini. What multiple monitor management software are you running? UltraMon or Display Fusion?joshii wrote: Real sorry my replies are taking a while, i've been real busy with work, and haven't had alot of time to myself. I'm really appreciating all your help though.
And yes, changing the transparency and restarting it allows the skin to keep the same transparency.
Re: Problems with positioning on restart.
i have display fusion installed, as i did on previous OS installation, i only run it when i fancy a change in wallpapers though.jsmorley wrote: Hmm. So it isn't that you can't write to Rainmeter.ini. What multiple monitor management software are you running? UltraMon or Display Fusion?