There are three parameters which you must change: Double-click your text document in order to edit it, and paste the following: Right-click a space within your second folder and select New, then Text Documents. That includes following the folder structure of your skins as well.ĭouble-click on your second folder ( OverwatchIcon in my case). Rainmeter follows a very rigid logical structure, so - as with any coding - a single issue could jeopardize the skin or prevent it from appearing on your desktop. Since this Meter is a String, it requires text. Text - Dictates what is loaded through the Meter parameter.Since our Meter parameter is set to String, Rainmeter will display our information as a string (i.e. The meter options decides how to display your skin. This is often a requirement in your INI file.

Rainmeter recognizes the update parameter in milliseconds. Update - The skin will be updated every 1000 milliseconds, or every second.This file will display the string of text 'Hello, world!' on your Rainmeter application (on the top-right corner of your screen, by default). These files require certain parameters in order to be read by the Rainmeter program. Rainmeter works using simple text files with the file extension INI.