Bang command

The bang command executes Rainmeter bangs. If called under $RmApi, $RmApi.Bang() is used. Otherwise Rainmeter.exe is called.

mond bang [[-Bang] <bangs>] [-Start] [-Stop] [-NoStart]

bang [[-Bang] <bangs>] [-Start] [-Stop] [-NoStart]

The commands mond bang and bang are equivalent, the rest of this page will use bang.

Usage

In PowerShell, you'll have to escape double quotes to send them to Rainmeter.

bang -Bang "[!ActivateConfig `"Mondtholomew\Clock`"]"

Because bang calls Rainmeter.exe, if Rainmeter is not running, it will start. You can use switches to make this behaviour clearer.

• -NoStart will skip calling the bang if Rainmeter is not running. This is useful when you want to call a bang only if Rainmeter is already running.
• -Start will explicitly start Rainmeter (if it's not running) and then call the bang.
• -Stop will stop the Rainmeter process. If you specify -Stop and a bang, Rainmeter will be stopped and the bang call will start it.

You can specify both -Start and -Stop to force Rainmeter to stop and start before calling the bang. This is sometimes more useful than bang !RefreshApp.

It's recommended to use Invoke-Bang -Stop or bang -Stop inside scripts to stop Rainmeter instead of bang !Quit as -Stop uses Get-Process and Wait-Process to make the script wait for the Rainmeter process to close.

If you call bang !Quit, Rainmeter can still be running while the script continues. This can lead to issues with writing to skin files etc.