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Installing the downloaded zip file

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Vonbrown
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Installing the downloaded zip file

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How do you install the downloaded zip file into rainmeter???
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Re: Installing the downloaded zip file

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Vonbrown
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Re: Installing the downloaded zip file

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Im sorry, but it is not a .rmskin file, just folders and such..........god I feel so stupid.
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Re: Installing the downloaded zip file

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Keep reading...

Installing a skin manually in Rainmeter
Vonbrown
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Re: Installing the downloaded zip file

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Yes.I know that part, I guess I need to ask a different question. What do I do with the other folders, i.e. ADD-ON, THEMES, ect. I copy SKINS folder to USER/ME/MY DOCUMENTS/RAINMETER/SKINS and the other folders? where do they go?
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Re: Installing the downloaded zip file

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http://rainmeter.net/cms/Installation
The Manual wrote:Default File Locations
The Program:
Windows XP: C:\Program Files\Rainmeter
Windows Vista & Win7: C:\Program Files\Rainmeter

Your "Skin" files
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\YourName\My Documents\Rainmeter\Skins
Windows Vista & Win7: C:\Users\YourName\My Documents\Rainmeter\Skins

Rainmeter.ini and your "Themes"
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\YourName\Application Data\Rainmeter
Windows Vista & Win7: C:\Users\YourName\Appdata\Roaming\Rainmeter
Addons will be in C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\Addons