

Sure, you can still have icons, but they're somewhat unsightly (Seriously, who uses the desktop, anyway? It's just a landfill). The UI is effectively your replacement for icons. Line up the Launcher on top of the vertical sidebar. PC up time is fun from a nerdy/stats perspective. Need direction? Just do Launcher, Vertical Sidebar, and CPU/RAM for now. You can also change the positioning (for better layering) and load order (for conflicts and layering). ini indicator, and click on "Load" in the top right area. The last two are the important ones.Įxpand each subdirectory for the widget you want, click on the. My personal favorites are: CPU (text above), RAM (text above), Launcher (the actual text "UI"), and Vertical Sidebar. Don't get too crazy, there is a performance hit as more are enabled. With the folder expanded, you'll see a whole slew of optional widgets to enable. You can collapse the default theme, just go straight to "TES V - Skyrim v2." Launch Rainmeter proper (the full program), make sure you're still on the Skins tab. Once it's installed, we have to enable it. You should be prompted with an installation dialog box. Double-click on "TES_V_Skyrim_Suite_v2.rmskin" in the subdirectory. Configuring the Skyrim / Windows ThemeĪssuming you've downloaded Axerron's UI kit, now's time to extract that somewhere static and load it up into Rainmeter. There's some pretty cool stuff with the default theme, but let's jump straight into Skyrim. That's fine - right-click on any of the objects that you want to ruthlessly murder and click "Unload Skin." That'll send it off for an Italian ride to the country. You should see that your desktop now has some widgets on the right side and a slightly obnoxious "welcome" menu in the center. The first step is a simple one: Install Rainmeter.

The mouse pointers are easy - just apply them (as described below) to your mouse to replace the default system pointers. Play with it for this tutorial, then revert it to a simple Skyrim screenshot if you don't want to pay. Honestly, it's not worth it unless you're animating your desktop on a regular basis. DeskScapes is cool, but is only free for 30 days, after which it costs a hefty $20. Rainmeter is the enabler for everything: It's what adds, when combined with Axerron's theme, the "Skyrim UI" functionality.
