Windows 10 Shortcut for Dark/light mode

[ildenar]

Hi Ltt forum, i'm trying to find a way to switch windows 10 Dark mode  on/off with  a macro key or a script, it is possible ? Tnx a lot. 

[Turtle Rig]

18 minutes ago, ildenar said:

Hi Ltt forum, i'm trying to find a way to switch windows 10 Dark mode  on/off with  a macro key or a script, it is possible ? Tnx a lot. 

Not that I know of.  Good question tho.  Maybe someone else can add to this. 

[GoodBytes]

35 minutes ago, ildenar said:

Hi Ltt forum, i'm trying to find a way to switch windows 10 Dark mode  on/off with  a macro key or a script, it is possible ? Tnx a lot. 

Make a powershell script which you have a program to execute (you'll need to allow power shell script running)

 

Script to enable Light mode:

New-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize -Name AppsUseLightTheme -Value 1 -Type Dword -Force
New-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize -Name SystemUsesLightTheme -Value 1 -Type Dword -Force

First line enables light mode on programs only

Second like enables light mode on taskbar/startmenu, etc.

 

Change the field "-Value 1" to "-Value 0" if you want to use dark theme if you want to mix things.

 

 

Script to enable Dark mode:

New-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize -Name AppsUseLightTheme -Value 0 -Type Dword -Force
New-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize -Name SystemUsesLightTheme -Value 0 -Type Dword -Force

First line enables dark mode on programs only

Second like enables dark mode on taskbar/startmenu, etc.

 

 

What the command does:

It simply changes the registry values and send a refresh call to have everything update without having to logout and log back in into the system.

 

To enable powershell script running:

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator
2. Execute:

   Set-executionpolicy remotesigned

You only need to do this once