Download Rainmeter 2.1 r822 beta

A new beta release of Rainmeter 2.1 has been released. Rainmeter is a program that allows you to customize the desktop of a Windows PC. For example, it is possible to display all kinds of information as a kind of overlay, such as free space on the hard disk, network activity and whether there is new e-mail. Functional applets can also be used to, for example, make notes or send tweets. The main improvement since the previous entry in the Meuktracker is a new ‘now playing’ plugin with support for the most popular media players. Below is the full list of changes.

Apr 17, 2011

• Change to how network statistics are stored.
  The network statistics are now stored in a separate Rainmeter.stats file in the %APPDATA%\Rainmeter folder, the same folder where Rainmeter.ini is kept. This will now allow for resetting the statistics by either the current bang !RainmeterResetStats, or by simply deleting this new file. This also resolves issues with using RainThemes or installing a suite with a theme in a .rmskin replacing a user’s statistics.
• Fixed an issue with the Rainmeter icon on the System Tray/Notification Area disappearing when Explorer was restarted.
• Fixed an issue that Roundline “Shift” parameters were not working when Solid=0 was set on the meter.
• Fixed a problem where SkinPath was read from Rainmeter.ini in portable installations.
  This would cause an issue if you renamed or moved the folder in which Rainmeter was installed in portable mode. Bug found by our user ‘calav3ra the great’.

May 8, 2011

• Fixed a bug with Measure=Registry returning invalid DWORD values.
• Improved fix in r800 that correctly handles SkinPath in Rainmeter.ini for portable installations.

May 15, 2011

• Fixed an issue with Rainstaller that was preventing it from restoring full backup .rmskins made with RainBackup.
• Changes to the Rainmeter source build process to better support those using Visual Studio in both 32 and 64 bit architectures.

May 22, 2011

• Added NowPlaying media plugin as noted above.
• Fix to Rainstaller when a full restore of a .rmskin made with RainBackup is done containing the “Backup” folder from \Skins.

May 29, 2011

• Added support for MusicBee and MediaMonkey to NowPlaying plugin. see NowPlaying documentation for details.
• Improved image caching when image scaling is not required, to reduce resource usage.
• More changes coming soon! Check back once a week on Sunday for the latest version.