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After a long series of betas that started last November, the final release of Rainmeter version 2.5 has now arrived. This program can display all kinds of information on the desktop in real time, such as free hard disk space, network activity and whether there is new email. Functional applets can also be used to, for example, make notes or send tweets. Version 2.5 can handle older themes and skins, so the new version can be installed without any worries. The main changes made in version 2.5 can be found below:

Version Highlights

• New FileView Plugin. This powerful new plugin will index and gather information about all files and folders in a defined path. Information supported includes the path, name, size, type, date, and icon. Commands can be used to scroll through the index of files, move up and down in the folder tree, and select files for display or opening with the associated program.
• Added new ClipString=2 setting and new ClipStringW / ClipStringH options. This will allow for more dynamic clipping and wrapping of a string while sizing the containing meter to accommodate the entire contents. Details are at Change Announcements.
• Added new Mouse Actions to support the scroll wheel. Details are at Change Announcements.
• Added new Mouse Variables. These are “macro” variables used in the context of a mouse click action to provide the current X and Y position of the mouse cursor relative to the meter or skin in pixels or a percentage. Details are at Change Announcements.
• Added new OnUpdateAction command to skins, meters and Measures. This will allow an action to take place when the element is updated normally or by any bang.
• Added new OnChangeAction command to measure. This will allow an action to take place when the value of a measure changes.
• Added new OnFocusAction and OnUnFocusAction options to the [Rainmeter] section of the skin, to execute actions when a skin gains or loses focus (by clicking it) in Windows.
• Added “*” as a wildcard parameter to the !UpdateMeasure and !UpdateMeter bangs to immediately update all measures and meters.
• Changed the behavior of the WebParser ProxyServer option to better handle how WebParser interacts with Internet Explorer for proxy management.

In addition, there are dozens of other improvements and fixes in the 2.5 version. see Rainmeter 2.5 beta notes or the Version History for a complete list.