Release notes from Gadgets

v7.9.0

2025-02-22T19:57:54Z

7.9.0 - 2025-02-22

Revised Weather Meter 12-Hour Forecast for improved appearance.
Enhanced Weather Meter flyout to show forecast narratives when hovering over conditions.
Revised All CPU Meter clock speed calculation methodology for hybrid processors with P/E/LP-E cores with different base clocks.
Updated Network Meter gadgets to stop location notifications in the taskbar when no wireless adapters are active (applies to Windows 11 24H2+ only).

Requires Rainmeter 4.5.21 or later.

Upgrade Notes

If upgrading an existing Gadgets installation:

Network Meter Pro and Wireless Meter Pro: The NetMonitor service has not been updated in this release. Upgrading the service is optional. To upgrade, use the Network Settings to stop the service, uninstall it, and then reinstall.
If using any patches, such as the Gadgets Modernizer, download and reinstall the latest version of the patch.

v7.8.0

2024-09-02T22:07:39Z

7.8.0 - 2024-09-02

Enhanced Weather Meter to show UV index.
Added Weather Meter 12-Hour Forecast gadget (click Weather Meter current temperature to toggle).
Enhanced All CPU Meter to show memory composition breakdown (optional).
Updated All CPU Meter to support Qualcomm Snapdragon X CPUs (Windows on ARM).
Corrected All CPU Meter core temp display when using HWiNFO on SMP machines.
Corrected Chronometer skin to fix glass reflections when scale factor is not 1.00.

Requires Rainmeter 4.5.16 or later.

Upgrade Notes

If upgrading an existing Gadgets installation:

Weather Meter: The default colors have changed; you may want to reset your colors to the default values.
Network Meter Pro and Wireless Meter Pro: The NetMonitor service has not been updated in this release. Upgrading the service is optional. To upgrade, use the Network Settings to stop the service, uninstall it, and then reinstall.
If using any patches, such as the Gadgets Modernizer, download and reinstall the latest version of the patch.

v7.7.0

2024-05-15T22:36:58Z

7.7.0 - 2024-05-15

Enhanced Network Meter to enable monitoring 3 different Ethernet adapters (for laptops using docks and USB hubs).
Updated Weather Meter to work with latest weather.com API changes (as of 5/15/2024).

Requires Rainmeter 4.5.16 or later.

Upgrade Notes

If upgrading an existing Gadgets installation:

Network Meter Pro and Wireless Meter Pro: The NetMonitor service has not been updated in this release. Upgrading the service is optional. To upgrade, use the Network Settings to stop the service, uninstall it, and then reinstall.
If using any patches, such as the Gadgets Modernizer, download and reinstall the latest version of the patch.

v7.6.1

2024-04-06T04:58:10Z

7.6.1 - 2024-04-06

Updated Weather Meter Location Settings due to openstreetmap.org changes.

Requires Rainmeter 4.5.16 or later.

Upgrade Notes

If upgrading an existing Gadgets installation:

Network Meter Pro and Wireless Meter Pro: The NetMonitor service has not been updated in this release. Upgrading the service is optional. To upgrade, use the Network Settings to stop the service, uninstall it, and then reinstall.
If using any patches, such as the Gadgets Modernizer, download and reinstall the latest version of the patch.

v7.6.0

2023-10-07T03:57:03Z

7.6.0 - 2023-10-06

Added new UPS Meter gadget to allow monitoring uninterruptable power supplies (requires HWiNFO).
Added new HWiNFO Meter gadget to allow monitoring sensor data for up to 16 sensors (requires HWiNFO).
Revised Weather Meter to automatically retry connecting to weather.com if website connection fails.
Enhanced GPU Meter to show GPU temperature as a bar graph if a thermal limit sensor is available.
Enhanced All CPU Meter to add option to number cores starting with zero.
Enhanced the Digital Clock to add option to show total uptime.
Updated All CPU Meter to support new Intel processor branding.

Requires Rainmeter 4.5.16 or later.

Upgrade Notes

If upgrading an existing Gadgets installation:

Network Meter Pro and Wireless Meter Pro: The NetMonitor service has not been updated in this release. Upgrading the service is optional. To upgrade, use the Network Settings to stop the service, uninstall it, and then reinstall.
If using any patches, such as the Gadgets Modernizer, download and reinstall the latest version of the patch.

v7.5.0

2022-11-05T01:41:30Z

7.5.0 - 2022-11-04

Corrected Weather Meter issue (again) that prevented automatic region detection from working and could cause the gadget to fail.
Corrected All CPU Meter display issue on systems where the Show Usage Per Logical Core option was unchecked and the CPU had more than 16 cores.
Enhanced All CPU Meter to add option to show from 1 to 5 top processes by CPU usage.
Enhanced All CPU Meter to allow showing/hiding the fan graph.
Enhanced All CPU Meter to allow showing/hiding RAM and Page File statistics and/or usage.
Enhanced GPU Meter to allow showing/hiding VRAM statistics and/or usage.
Corrected GPU Meter regression that could crash Rainmeter when using multiple GPU Meter skins with different configurations.
Corrected Network Meter gadgets calculation for peak throughput.
Enhanced Network Meter gadgets to add option to show ping times and link to a speed test website (optional).
Enhanced Network Meter gadgets to add visible indicator when IP addresses are hidden.

Requires Rainmeter 4.5.16 or later.

Upgrade Notes

If upgrading an existing Gadgets installation:

All CPU Meter: Due to internal changes, you may need to reselect your preferences for displaying RAM and page file stats.
Network Meter or Wireless Meter: You will need to reset the "Ping Color" value (currently unused gray color) to its new yellow-orange color. Middle-mouse click the color to reset it.
Network Meter Pro and Wireless Meter Pro: The NetMonitor service has not been updated in this release. Upgrading the service is optional. To upgrade, use the Network Settings to stop the service, uninstall it, and then reinstall.

v7.4.0

2022-09-24T18:52:37Z

7.4.0 - 2022-09-23

Enhanced GPU Meter to allow monitoring from 0 to 6 additional sensors per GPU (core voltage is now optional).
Revised Wireless Meter to always show the IP address, name, and status of the wireless adapter even if it is not active.
Enhanced all Gadgets to support the Gadgets Modernizer patch.
HOTFIX 2022-09-24: Corrected Weather Meter issue that prevented automatic region detection from working and could cause the gadget to fail.

Requires Rainmeter 4.5.16 or later.

v7.3.0

2022-04-09T01:44:15Z

7.3.0 - 2022-04-08

Corrected All CPU Meter and GPU Meter for rare issue where logo icon would not be displayed.
Corrected All CPU Meter configuration error when the Show Core Temperatures option was unchecked.
Corrected All CPU Meter for dual socket systems running Windows 7/Server 2008 R2.
Enhanced digital Chronometer to allow optionally displaying the seconds separator.
Enhanced GPU Meter to allow monitoring from 0 to 4 fans per GPU.
Corrected all Gadgets so skin corners are rounded properly at all scale factors.

Requires Rainmeter 4.5.7 or later.

v7.2.0

2022-01-14T19:37:05Z

7.2.0 - 2022-01-10

Updated Weather Meter to work with latest weather.com API changes.
Corrected non-Pro Network Meter and Wireless Meter issue where current session statistics were the same as the total values.
Updated all Network Meters and Wireless Meters to show Wi-Fi signal strength in the Wireless Networks tooltip.
Corrected NetMonitor issue where no network activity would be reported for adapters with duplicate (invalid) names. (Upgrading the service is recommended.)
Corrected All CPU Meter for issue where cores were not shown properly on machines with multiple processor groups (i.e., more than 64 threads). (Thanks @excesseve!)
Enhanced All CPU Meter to add option to select which application is called when double-clicking the skin (Task Manager or Resource Monitor).
Enhanced ActiveNet plugin to add CpuGroups to return the number of processor groups per machine.

Requires Rainmeter 4.5.7 or later.

v7.1.1

2021-09-19T00:48:49Z

7.1.1 - 2021-09-18

Corrected All CPU Meter regression issues where total CPU/RAM/Swap usage would not be shown when using Windows 7.
Corrected Network Meter regression issue where monitoring could report incorrect values if no adapters were configured.
Corrected NetMonitor service to prevent crash caused by rare case where duplicate (invalid) network adapters exist. (Upgrading the service is optional.)

Requires Rainmeter 4.5.1 or later.