The icons and taskbar have been hidden via Windows settings to keep the visual clean and free for anything that could get in the way. This is an example of what you can get with Rainmeter in action. The installed files will be placed in My Documents > Rainmeter > Skins, if the last one you added does not show up into the column, press the Refresh button to update the view. The program appears in the taskbar as a raindrop icon, click on it to open the Rainmeter manager and select your skins from the list in the left column. Just double-click on each file to run the installer and add them to the list automatically, a few default widgets will open on the screen on first launch, but you can easily remove them by right-clicking and selecting the Unload Skin option. Once Rainmeter is installed you can move to DeviantArt, Visualskins or Rainmeter Hub, where you can find a good selection of skins to play around with on your machine. The tool is downloadable for free as a full release or new beta version from the official website. It consumes little resources and allows you to install different skins and effects that can be incorporated with any background of choice and even combined with Wallpaper Engine for the best results. Rainmeter is a Desktop customization tool compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 10 (it doesn’t seem to work on Mac computers).
