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Best 5 Free Inspiring Hacker Themes For Windows 7 and Windows 8 and Windows 10 Well,below are some crazy hacker themes of all time and before proceeding I want to inform you that you need to use rainmeter to install these themes in your windows.So,first of all download Rain meter which is best desktop customization tool for Windows. So install this theme on your PC and feel the awesome using experience and also the visual effects on the screen. This skin pack is free to download for using on your desktop and laptop also. Sometimes this desktop screen looks like the dashboard of any sports car also. My Rainmeter Desktop.

Rainmeter is a lightweight application for customizing your Windows desktop. Rainmeter works by installing community made ‘skins’ or creating your own, many of which can change how the desktop works with widgets like app launchers, RSS and email readers, calendars, weather reports, and many others. It has been around since Windows XP, where it was used as a tool for displaying basic info on the desktop, but has since gained a large community following which has produced high quality skins to completely change your desktop experience.

You can download the latest beta and final releases below.

Rainmeter will run on Windows 7 (Service Pack 1 and Platform Update required) and above (8/10).

Unfortunately Rainmeter does not support Mac and Linux, however you can use desktop customizing alternatives, such as Geektool for Mac and Conky for Linux machines.

The installation will do the following:

  • Install the program to the default or selected Destination folder.
  • Create a Windows file association for the .rmskin file extension and the Rainmeter Skin Installer.
  • Create Windows Start menu item for Rainmeter.
  • Create Windows Start menu item for Startup/Rainmeter, so Rainmeter starts with Windows. This may be disabled by unchecking Launch Rainmeter on startup.
  • Launch Rainmeter at the end of the installation.

Skins and settings folders will be created in the default file locations when Rainmeter is first run.

Note: Rainmeter can be uninstalled using the Add or Remove programs function in Windows.

To run Rainmeter from a single folder, so it can be copied to another computer or run directly from a removable drive, select Portable installation during the install process and browse to the desired installation folder. No changes to the Windows Registry or Start menu will be made. All program, skins and settings folders and files will remain in the selected program folder.

Program folder:
C:Program FilesRainmeter

Skins folder:
C:UsersYourNameDocumentsRainmeterSkins1

Settings and Layouts folder:
C:UsersYourNameAppdataRoamingRainmeter1

1. “YourName” is an example.

All skins, themes, launchers and widgets can be download on the official rainmeter skins website. Alternatively you download or request from the active community on deviantart and rainmeter subreddit

There are two ways of installing Rainmeter skins downloaded from the internet:

  • Automatically : If the skin is in the .rmskin format.
    In short : Double-click the .rmskin file, click Install.
  • Manually : If the file is a .zip/.rar/.7z archive.
    In short : Unzip the archive or copy to the Rainmeter Skins folder. Refresh Rainmeter.

Skins in the Rainmeter Skin Packager (.rmskin) format can be easily and automatically installed with the Rainmeter Skin Installer. During a normal Rainmeter installation, the .rmskin extension is associated in Windows with the Skin Installer program, and simply double-clicking the file will install it in Rainmeter.

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Before Rainmeter 1.3, most skins had to be unzipped and moved to the Skins folder by hand. All versions of Rainmeter are 100% backwards-compatible, so these older skins will still work just fine. Here is how to install them:

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First of all, if a skin comes in an archive, such as a ZIP, RAR or 7Z file, software is needed to “extract” them. 7-Zip is one of the popular choices, since it can handle almost any archive type. After installing the software, right-click the archive in Explorer to extract it.

The archive may include a readme.txt file with further instructions. If not, look for a folder with the same name as the skin – it might be inside another folder that is actually called “Skins”. Move the folder to the Rainmeter “Skins” folder:

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C:UsersYourNameDocumentsRainmeterSkins1

1. “YourName” is an example.

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Finally, right-click the Rainmeter Windows Notification area icon and select Refresh all. The new skins will now be available to load from the Manage window or context menus.