I'm gonna skip the skin you mentioned or the hue shift method you use since you already got that covered. Forget about asking ChatGPT, it can't compare to a human and the whole AI thing is mostly hype, it's more or less Cortana enhanced at this point (and for a long time afterwards). Now, on the how-to approach, you don't necessarily need PowerShell for this (PS commands can be used with the help of a RunCommand measure, by the way):Instead, I would like to base HueStart based on the uptime that Explorer.EXE has been running, especially since Lively crashes anyways if you restart Explorer.
- Process measure: https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/measures/process/
- IfConditions options in a measure: https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/measures/general-options/ifconditions/
- Time measure: https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/measures/time/
- SysInfo measure: https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/measures/sysinfo/
- RunCommand plugin: https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/plugins/runcommand/
In basic, general terms, assuming your skin always runs while the computer is on, you'd:
- check if the Explorer process is running in an IfCondition added to your Process measure
- if so (by default this would mean Explorer just started), set a variable to the "now" timestamp of a Time measure, to have the start time stored in that variable
- use another Time measure for the current "now" time
- based on the timestamp difference between your 2nd Time measure and the 1st (which you can compute in a Calc measure), do your hue shift process as usual
Let us know if you need further assistance with the implementation. I suggest starting from scratch with this in a simple skin and use the notepad.exe process instead, until you get the idea and make things work as desired. After that, you can switch to explorer.exe easily.
EDIT: A basic sample computing the number of seconds while notepad.exe is running, with 0 otherwise (in the end, a single Time measure was needed):
Code:
[Variables]StartTimestamp=0ElapsedSeconds=0[Rainmeter]Update=1000AccurateText=1DynamicWindowSize=1BackgroundMode=2SolidColor=0,0,0,255---Measures---[MeasureTime]Measure=TimeFormat=%a, %Y-%b-%d, %H:%M:%SOnUpdateAction=[!SetVariable ElapsedSeconds (#StartTimestamp#=0?0:[MeasureTime:Timestamp]-#StartTimestamp#)]DynamicVariables=1[MeasureProcess]Measure=ProcessProcessName=Notepad.exeIfCondition=(MeasureProcess=1)IfTrueAction=[!SetVariable StartTimestamp [MeasureTime:Timestamp]][!UpdateMeasure *][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]IfFalseAction=[!SetVariable StartTimestamp 0][!UpdateMeasure *][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]DynamicVariables=1---Meters---[Result]Meter=StringFontFace=ConsolasFontSize=14FontColor=255,255,255,255AntiAlias=1Text=Current Time = [MeasureTime]#CRLF#Start Timestamp = #StartTimestamp##CRLF#Current Timestamp = [MeasureTime:Timestamp]#CRLF#Elapsed Seconds = #ElapsedSeconds#DynamicVariables=1Statistics: Posted by Yincognito — Yesterday, 5:42 pm