Make a shortcut on the desktop open/run a skin.ini

[Rafamear]

I was in need of some way to make a shortcut to open a specific skin, if there is a way to do that, it will help a lot

[ikarus1969]

You can place a .cmd file on the desktop and put the following command in there:

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"C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.exe" [!ActivateConfig "Ikarus1969\Date&Time\Clocks\Clock" "Clock.ini"]

The first part ist the path to the Rainmeter executable, the second is the config (Ikarus1969\Date&Time\Clocks\Clock) and the third part is the ini-file (Clock.ini).

You can use any bang.

documentation: https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/bangs/ on one of the first paragraphs
and this link: https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?t=17769
One topic that handles this on the forum: https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?t=21820

[Rafamear]

You can place a .cmd file on the desktop and put the following command in there:

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"C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.exe" [!ActivateConfig "Ikarus1969\Date&Time\Clocks\Clock" "Clock.ini"]

The first part ist the path to the Rainmeter executable, the second is the config (Ikarus1969\Date&Time\Clocks\Clock) and the third part is the ini-file (Clock.ini).

You can use any bang.

documentation: https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/bangs/ on one of the first paragraphs
and this link: https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?t=17769
One topic that handles this on the forum: https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?t=21820

it worked perfectly, and one more thing, would it be possible to run it but without showing the cmd in the window? I run it and the cmd opens minimized

[ikarus1969]

it worked perfectly, and one more thing, would it be possible to run it but without showing the cmd in the window? I run it and the cmd opens minimized

To be honest i don't know

[ikarus1969]

I googled a little bit and found that if you adapt the line in the cmd a little bit, there's no minimized cmd anymore:

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start /min cmd /c "C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.exe" [!ActivateConfig "Ikarus1969\Date&Time\Clocks\Clock" "Clock.ini"]

start /min cmd /c is new at the beginning of the line.

[tass_co]

it worked perfectly, and one more thing, would it be possible to run it but without showing the cmd in the window? I run it and the cmd opens minimized

Save your command line to a Bat file.
Convert the Bat file to Exe with the application in the link Bat to Exe Converter
Here is the part you need to pay attention to in the screenshot.

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[Rafamear]

In response to ikarus1969, I tried it but it continued to open cmd at its normal size.

But now when I tested what tass_co suggested it worked perfectly