How to activate Dark Mode on Windows 10?

To save your computer's battery and prevent eye damage, you can convert Windows 10 to Dark Mode (switch the interface to dark). In the article below, Network Administrator will guide you to enable Dark Mode on Windows 10.

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To activate Dark Mode on Windows 10, first press the Win + R key combination to open the Run dialog box. On the Run dialog box, type regedit and press Enter to open the Windows Registry.

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Here you navigate by key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionThemes

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Next you need to create a new Subkey in the Themes key. To do this, click on Themes select New > Key .

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Name the new key Personalize and press Enter.

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Right-click the key you just created, select New> DWORD (32-bit) Value .

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Name the Value you just created as AppsUseLightTheme and press Enter.

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By default, the value in Value Data is set to 0. Therefore you do not need to change any values.

Next, proceed to creating a new Value. On the Windows Registry, navigate to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionThemesPersonalize

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If you can't find the Personalize key, you can create a new key like the steps above. Then right-click the key you just created, select New> DWORD (32-bit) Value.