Before anything else, in Rainmeter, measures retrieve data and meters display data. Both made up about 90% of a skin.how to monitor visually the content of a folder in windows 11 ?
i need to have like in windows 98 where it was possible to display the content of a windows explorer window with the content of a folder as a desktop background.
i would like to monitor in real time (every 10 seconds) a display of a kind of window showing me the changes done inside a folder.
so if some files or folders are created or deleted inside by the system or an app or a virus, i want to be able to visually see it when it happens as it happens.
maybe an alert would be nice too, but the more important is to be able to see the content of the folder from my desktop with a kind of window or widget always openned (maybe always on top) showing me the content in real time.
how to do that with rainmeter ?
with a skin ?
how to program it ?
where to store the files ?
what else do i need ?
thanks.
So, you'd use FileView and possibly FolderInfo measures to get all kinds of info related to that folder contents:
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/plugins/fileview/
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/plugins/folderinfo/
then use String and possibly Image meters to display that info as desired in your skin:
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/meters/string/
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/meters/image/
and control its behavior:
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/mouse-actions/
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/bangs/
Be aware that some things can only be used in measures, some only in meters, and some in both.
At the bottom of the FileView page linked above you have an example code that resembles a file manager, to give you an idea of what it would take to do it (obviously, it's not required to have literally everything that's there or how it's there, just the things you need and adjusted per your needs). Towards the start of that same page, you have an "Important Note" paragraph describing how to write your code to periodically monitor changes in the desired folder.
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