Installing PrimoCache Server crashes rainmeter

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Installing PrimoCache Server crashes rainmeter

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I just installed PrimoCache Server, and run into the immediate issue that it crashes Rainmeter on startup which I use for essential health monitoring.
Is this a known issue? Are there any workarounds?

OS: Server 2008 R2
PrimoCache v4.2.0 (Server edition)
Rainmeter 4.5.10 (also tried 4.5.8)

Rainmeter 3.3.3 seems to start without crashing but it's too old and doesn't work with the skins I use for it.

I had no problem using regular Primocache alongside Rainmeter on a Windows 10 workstation, nor running rainmeter alongside any other software.
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Re: Installing PrimoCache Server crashes rainmeter

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So rainmeter crashed even the cache task was not created yet, right? Was the PrimoCache GUI program set to auto launch with Windows startup?
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Re: Installing PrimoCache Server crashes rainmeter

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Support wrote: Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:33 am So rainmeter crashed even the cache task was not created yet, right?
Correct. just restarting after primocache installation was complete made rainmeter crash on startup.
Support wrote: Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:33 am Was the PrimoCache GUI program set to auto launch with Windows startup?
Nope, it's not set to automatically launch the GUI program. Rainmeter is set to auto-start though, of course.
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Re: Installing PrimoCache Server crashes rainmeter

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OK, so with some help from the rainmeter people making suggestions and a process of elimination, it seems to be the case that my particular choice of "skin" was actually causing the crash.
So it happens in the following specific combination of things:
  • PrimoCache Server
  • Server OS
  • Rainmeter 4.x
  • "Gadgets" rainmeter skin set
  • "Network Meter Pro" skin of that set active
I'm guessing this might be a bug in Rainmeter and/or the specific "skin" (which is a bunch of scripting as well as visuals) so i'll pursue that avenue first.
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Re: Installing PrimoCache Server crashes rainmeter

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Thank you for the information. Seems quite weird because the PrimoCache kernel component (no GUI) should have nothing to do with on Windows visual customization. We will check it.
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