ascpixi / rainmeterfreeze

❄ Saves up CPU by freezing Rainmeter when it's not visible

❄ RainmeterFreeze

RainmeterFreeze is a lightweight app that freezes Rainmeter skins when they're not visible to save CPU.

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💻 Setup

In order to run RainmeterFreeze, you'll need .NET Core 3.1 (or higher) - you probably already have it installed, but if you don't, you can get it from here: 64-bit | 32-bit

RainmeterFreeze doesn't require any installation - simply run the .exe file! If you want, you can also move the .exe into your Startup folder so that it starts alongside Rainmeter:

• Press WIN + R
• Type in "shell:startup" and press Enter
• Drag and Drop RainmeterFreeze.exe into the folder
• You're all set! (/≧▽≦)/

❓ Usage

RainmeterFreeze creates a tray icon that you can right click to configure - you can select from 3 algorithms ("Freeze when...") that dictate when to freeze Rainmeter, and from 2 modes that dictate how Rainmeter will be frozen.

Freeze when... (Algorithms)

• Not on desktop - if any window is in focus, Rainmeter will be frozen, even if the window itself does not cover the desktop. This can sometimes lead to glitchy behaviours with certain skins.
• Foreground window is maximized - if the window that is in focus is maximized, Rainmeter will be frozen. This is the default.
• When in full-screen mode - Rainmeter will only be frozen if the window in focus covers the full area of the screen - for example, games running in full-screen mode.

Mode

• Suspend - Rainmeter will be suspended using Windows's thread suspend function. This will completely halt Rainmeter and ensure it stays at 0% CPU usage.
• Low Priority - Rainmeter will be set to have a lower priority than all other running processes.

🐛 Bugs

If you found a bug or want to file a feature request, please feel free to request them in the Issues section! In order for us to help you, we will need a stacktrace - fortunately, that's really easy to find!

• Press WIN + R
• Type in "%appdata%/RainmeterFreeze/stacktrace.log"
• A text file should open containing the stacktrace.

rainmeterfreeze's Issues

Rainmeter skin appears above other windows only when using RainmeterFreeze.

These are the logs:
A fatal exception has been thrown and the application cannot continue.

System.InvalidOperationException: Process has exited, so the requested information is not available.
at System.Diagnostics.Process.EnsureState(State state)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.get_Threads()
at RainmeterFreeze.Native.ProcessManagement.SuspendProcess(Int32 pid)

The steps i take are:

1. click the bottom right corner to show the desktop.
2. click on my browser and every rainmeter skin shows up above the browser
3. click 2 times on my browser again for the rainmeter skins to disappear.
   Every time i click its on the taskbar not on some browser app on my desktop.
   Maybe you could add something to select a process that doesnt freeze cuz it bugs out stuff like ValliStart.

more general manner to detect processes to suspend and resume

Is there any way to add support for multiple processes? In the best case there would be something like a configuration file to define them like:

[RainmeterFreeze]
; comma seperated list
process=Rainmeter,HWiNFO64,<anything else you want to suspend>