Rainmeter 2.1 beta Dev test 1

Uhh, no. We don't all know this app.

Please provide a real description like everyone else has to for a dev test.

In case anyone is wondering, Rainmeter is a desktop customisation tool capable of doing many spectacular things, from displaying the weather to checking GMail.

A couple of points:

• Your Other/Source/Readme.txt hasn't been touched at all and still has my name in the copyright, as well as the source code for the custom launcher I was using. You can delete that too if you're not going to use it.
• The config files aren't actually being moved to Data\settings. This includes Skins, Themes, Fonts and Rainmeter.ini
• The EXE files in the root directory are normally named AppNamePortable.exe, e.g. RainmeterPortable.exe
• If you have more than one EXE in the main directory, you need to add them all to appinfo.ini for the menu to pick them up.
• App\DefaultData is supposed to be used for default data, not automatically generated launcher-related files.
• Rainmeter Portable should install into the RainmeterPortable directory, not "Rainmeter 2.1"

The main reason I stopped updating my package is due to all the addon developers wanting me to write the launcher to cater for their needs (changing resolutions, the location of rainmeter.ini etc.) and I ended up rewriting a couple of the addons for that specific reason. RainThemes is also an issue because it completely kills Rainmeter.exe which causes PAL to move all of its configs before it restarted, which caused RM to not run properly.

You also spelt "Utilities" wrong in your main post.

I love rainmeter!!! but why make a portable version when there is already one? it comes with the installer and I've been using that one! but I guess it will be cool to have a portableapps version!

Active Protection Event Details
Event Type 2 -- Notify
Timeout 0(s)
Monitor Source 2003 -- On File Access
Message ID {5C673170-9434-49E2-9E05-FE29C810E634}
Monitor Type 2 -- File
Recommend System Scan Yes
AP SDK Version 4.0.4194
Threat Definitions Version 9667
Event Actor Enum 2 -- Object
Event Date/Time 2011-06-23T09:42:12

Application Information
File Path C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
Process ID 1640
File Size 2871808(B)
CRC8 27AE2E27A0580000
Application Rating 1 -- Known Good
Added To Always Allow List No
Company Microsoft Corporation
File Version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Product Name Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
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Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Attempted to modify the following file
File Path C:\Users\Aztec\Desktop\Rainmeter_2.1_b_Dev_Test_1.paf.exe
MD5 9763735d12798631789ea6c9b771f4aa
CRC8 7409BDA7609A0000
Application Rating 2 -- Known Bad
Threat ID 4150696
Company PortableApps.com
File Version 2.1.0.834
Product Name Rainmeter Portable
Product Version 2.1.0.834
Description Rainmeter Portable
Copyright PortableApps.com Installer Copyright 2007-2010 PortableApps.com.

Action Taken
User Name \\Aztec-PC-Win-7\Aztec
Action 2 -- Blocked
Reason 2 -- VIPRE Known

First time I have ever gotten an AV hit on any PortableApp this was just when I tried to download

Seems this has a problem, at least on my system too - win7 ult. x64.

I don't even get a splash, just no reaction whatsoever when clicking the icon in PA.c - maybe I've messed something up myself, not unthinkable.

However, starting the program manually (x:\PortableApps\RainmeterPortable\App\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.exe) seems to work fine, so for now that is what I'm doing.

Also works on x86 systems it seems, no problems encountered using it @ work under limited account on a 32-bit XP system - so I'm a very happy camper, starting issues aside. Keep up the good work.