The background image was created by Billelis: https://www.billelis.com/work#/gotham-knights/
- Get wallpaper engine on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/431960/Wallpaper_Engine/
- Download (by subscribing to) the
Holy Wallpaper Batman!workshop item: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2235527612- This includes the background image as well as the shine, fog, and embers effects
- Install Rainmeter (v4.3.1): https://www.rainmeter.net/
- Install VisBubble (v3.4.1): https://www.deviantart.com/undefinist/art/VisBubble-Round-Visualizer-for-Rainmeter-488601501
- Disable
DraggableandKeep on screen - Enable
Click through - Set coordinates to
361, -120and position toOn desktop - Copy
Settings.incfile through explorer - Mirror patch: see
visbubble_mirror_patch.md
- Disable
- Install IsFullScreen (v3.0): https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=28305
- The goal is to completely disable VisBubble when inside a fullscreen window (to save on system resources)
- Note that this only triggers for fullscreen windows, not simply maximized windows
- Copy
IsFullScreen.inisettings - Set skin transparency to
~100%
- Install IconHider (v1.0): https://www.deviantart.com/bman8444/art/Icon-Hider-Button-1-0-593796963
- The goal is to show/hide desktop icons by clicking the top right corner of the screen
- Setup with
batmanbutton.png(24px by 24px), it should be invisible against the black background - Set coordinates to
1898, 0
- CenterTaskbar (v1.3): https://github.com/mdhiggins/CenterTaskbar
- Right click the tray icon and enable
Start with Windows
- Right click the tray icon and enable
- TransluscentTB (v2020.2): https://github.com/TranslucentTB/TranslucentTB
- Install from the Microsoft Store
- Right click the tray icon and enable
Open at boot - Set:
Regular -> Clear,Maximized window -> Opaque,Start Menu opened -> Clear,Cortana/Search opened -> Clear,Timeline opened -> Clear - The goal here is to hide the wallpaper when in a maximized window because Wallpaper Engine will be paused and we will have embers and fog suspended in time that we don't want to see
- Install Open-Shell (v4.4.152): https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
- Enable
Replace start buttonand browse tobatlogo.png - Keep the default start menu by going into
Basic Settingstab and disablingOpen-Shell Menu
- Download cmder: https://cmder.net/
- Install Rusty theme to ConEmu config: https://github.com/joonro/ConEmu-Color-Themes/blob/master/screenshots.org#rusty
- Enable
Quake ModeandAuto Tab Barin ConEmu config - Disable
Auto minimize to TSA - Pin cmder to taskbar
- Remember:
Win + Alt + Pto open settings,Ctrl + Tto open a new tab
- Right click on the deskop background and disable
View > Show desktop icons - Set Windows' accent color to
Default blue - Pin important programs to the taskbar
- Remove unnecessary items from the taskbar
- Remove unnecessary items from the start menu
- Remove unnecessary items from the context menu
- Remove unnecessary items from the lock screen
- Set lock screen background to
holy_wallpaper_batman.png - Apply custom icons to pinned taskbar items