I tried installing Rainmeter, and it installs right(I think) but there's no folder in my Documents, and when I installed it it said something like "Could not find C:/something/something/Documents/Rainmeter/Skins"
So I tried to uninstall and then install it again, I did that about twice, and it didn't work. I also tried installing it from a mirror site, but that didn't work either.
I had Rainmeter once before and it worked perfectly, but I think I may have uninstalled it wrong or something, which is why it won't install right this time. Also, when I click on the Rainmeter icon, nothing happens.
Help please?
(Using Windows Vista, 32bit by the way)
And I'm not sure what version of Rainmeter I'm trying to use, but I just downloaded it today, so my guess would be the newest one.
Thank you~
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No folder in Documents?
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Re: No folder in Documents?
It didn't work. I already tried uninstalling it and then re-downloading it. Did you read my entire post?
But I followed everything it said there and it still didn't install a folder into my Documents.
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Re: No folder in Documents?
Try running the rainmeter installer in admin. It sounds more like a permissions error then anything. (Even though the my documents folder shouldnt be write protected like that)
I have three rules when I'm trying to help you.
- Don't get mad when you don't understand something
- Be VERY specific with what you ask for.
The more specific you are, the higher the quality of support you receive. - Do not just copy and paste what I put in examples and come back saying it doesn't work.
It does work, but I purposely left blanks that you need to fill for your specific needs.
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Re: No folder in Documents?
Exactly how do I do that?santa_ryan wrote:Try running the rainmeter installer in admin. It sounds more like a permissions error then anything. (Even though the my documents folder shouldnt be write protected like that)
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Re: No folder in Documents?
If your running windows 7 then you simply need to right click and Run As Admin
Im not sure about Vista
and you need to be on an admin account on WinXP
Im not sure about Vista
and you need to be on an admin account on WinXP
I have three rules when I'm trying to help you.
- Don't get mad when you don't understand something
- Be VERY specific with what you ask for.
The more specific you are, the higher the quality of support you receive. - Do not just copy and paste what I put in examples and come back saying it doesn't work.
It does work, but I purposely left blanks that you need to fill for your specific needs.
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Re: No folder in Documents?
Open your start-menu, type in %APPDATA%\Rainmeter and press Enter. Delete the Rainmeter.ini in the window that opens.
Now start Rainmeter.
Now start Rainmeter.
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Re: No folder in Documents?
It says in the first post I'm using Vista. :/santa_ryan wrote:If your running windows 7 then you simply need to right click and Run As Admin
Im not sure about Vista
and you need to be on an admin account on WinXP
And I'm already using an admin account, already tried clicking "Run as Admin"
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Re: No folder in Documents?
In the window that opens, there's a folder for Themes and a thing that says "Rainmeter" and when I hover over it, it says "type: Configuration Settings"poiru wrote:Open your start-menu, type in %APPDATA%\Rainmeter and press Enter. Delete the Rainmeter.ini in the window that opens.
Now start Rainmeter.
Do I delete that?
There's only two things in that window that opens...
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Re: No folder in Documents?
Yeah, get rid of that and start Rainmeter.