Delete the Rainmeter shortcut icon from the Windows Startup folder:Ĭ:\Users\ YourName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartupĬ:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp.Rainmeter settings, Layouts and 3rd-party plugins:Ĭ:\Users\ YourName\Appdata\Roaming\Rainmeter Completely delete the following folders:.We want to get really 'clean', so ensure the following: Note: This will likely leave behind some traces of Rainmeter that were added or changed after the initial installation. Use the 'Add or Remove Programs' functionality in Windows to uninstall the Rainmeter program.
Note: If you want to save any skins you have created or installed, first copy somewhere else the files in:Ĭ:\Users\ YourName\Documents\Rainmeter\SkinsĬ:\Users\ YourName\AppData\Roaming\Rainmeter\Plugins Clean Install If Rainmeter is misbehaving for you, which might be due to some file corruption on your system, or a file 'ownership' issue if you have restored Rainmeter from a backup of a different OS or computer, you might want to do a 'clean' installation of Rainmeter.
