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    Customize the Desktop with Rainmeter

    Jul 21, 2020 6 minutes

    YOU’LL NEED THIS

    RAINMETER www.rainmeter.net

    WINDOWS 7 OR LATER Preferably use Windows 10 as it’s still supported by Microsoft.

    THE DEFAULT WINDOWS DESKTOP customization experience is fine, but not much more. You can change your wallpaper, adjust window accent colors, and switch up your lock screen—and that’s about it. If you want more power to change up your computer’s style, you will likely be disappointed with the results.

    That all changes with Rainmeter. This lets you install various “skins” on Windows, all of which can add new flavors of visual flair to your desktop. These range from small widgets showing the time and weather to full-blown overhaul suites with moveable items, redesigned taskbars, and custom shortcut icons.

    You can even build your own skins if you have a bit of coding knowledge. We will not cover that in detail today, but it is an area to explore further if it feels like your sort of thing. The good news for

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