Engine Desktop Widget Tool

Summary

This knowledgebase article provides usage information about the new Engine desktop widget tool.

Executable file: NFWidget.exe located in Engine's C:\Program Files\Neverfail\R2\bin folder.

Widget tool integrates with Systray application where it registers the commands for Start/Stop desktop widget.

Desktop background must be configured as Picture. "Solid color" configuration is not supported yet.

Edit %APPDATA%\Neverfail\NFWidget.config.json" as desired. Then restart widget.

{

// NFWidget Configuration - Edit values and restart NFWidget.exe to apply changes

"TextSize": "auto", // Font size: "auto", "12", "16", "20"

"WidgetToScreenRatio": 0.25, // Widget width: 0.10 to 0.50 (10%-50% of screen)

"StartX": "right", // Horizontal: "left", "right", "center", or pixels (e.g. "100")

"StartY": "top", // Vertical: "top", "bottom", "middle", or pixels (e.g. "50")

"Monitors": "all", // Display on: "all", "1", "2", "1,2" (1=primary monitor)

"MainColor": "auto", // Text color: "auto", "white", "black", "#FF0000"

"HealthyColor": "auto", // OK status color: "auto", "green", "lime"

"RefreshInterval": 60, // Update interval in seconds (minimum 30)

"LogLevel": "INFO", // Logging: "ERROR", "WARNING", "INFO", "DEBUG"

"EventsLevel": "Warning" // Events: "Error", "Warning", "None" (default: Warning)

// TIPS: Delete this file to reset to defaults. Log: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Neverfail\DesktopWidget.log

}

Custom configuration is preserved for each user account.

[EN-7086]: Solid color background is not supported. Workaround: switch to Picture.
User concurrent sessions limitation: in multiple concurrent user sessions, the desktop widget will load and display info ONLY in the user session where it was last started.

Neverfail Engine v21