How to Activate a dark theme design in Windows 10

All Windows users are divided into two categories. Some are satisfied with the proposed developer of operating system design and will never change, even the wallpaper on your desktop. Others begin immediately after the installation all by yourself and customize completely transform the interface according to their own tastes. It is addressed to them this article, which explains how to activate hidden in Windows 10 dark theme.

Before we start, we want to warn you that any transactions with the Windows registry are potentially dangerous. Although described below trick is very simple and tested many times, yet we recommend that you be very careful and previously backed up your registry and important data.

Well, now that the formalities are met, we proceed to the magic. To activate the built-in Windows 10 dark themes, you will need to follow these steps.

1. Click on the search icon in the toolbar and type the word Regedit. Click on the topmost result. You start the program "Registry Editor."

2. Locate the folder in the left pane to the address

3. If you do not have a profile, you must create it. To do this, click on the Themes section, right-click and choose a line from the shortcut menu "Start» → «Forum». Give it a name Personalize.

4. Now right-click on Personalize folder and create a new key (the "Create» → «DWORD (32-bit)"). Give it a name AppsUseLightTheme.

5. We created key is automatically set to "0". That's it we need, so it should not be changed.

6. Go to the address register HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Themes \ Personalize.

7. In this section, you need to perform all the same steps as in the previous year. Ie Personalize to open the folder (if it does not exist, then create it), and then create a new key with the name AppsUseLightTheme. Its value should be "0".

8. Get out of the system. To do this, click on your profile photo in the "Start" menu and select "Exit". Your new settings will take effect after you re-login.

That's all. Now you can enjoy dark colors settings windows app store and some other built-in Windows programs. Unfortunately, this design theme does not extend to third-party applications, so that a global transformation, alas, did not happen.

To return to the theme of light you will need to start the Registry Editor again and change the value of the generated keys you from "0" to "1".

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