Download Rainmeter 2.5 r1781 beta

A new version from the 2.5 development arm of Rainmeter has been released. 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 following changes have been made in this release:

Changed

• ClipString: 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.
• WebParser: Changed the behavior of the ProxyServer option to better handle how WebParser interacts with Internet Explorer for proxy management. Details at Web Parser plugin.

Fixed

• FileView: The default icon index was off by 1 when no IconPath was specified.
• Installer: Improved VC++ 2012 redistributable checking.