STEPS AND WAYS TO ENABLE HIDDEN DARK MODE IN WINDOWS 10

In the past, many users were delighted to find the existence of something called Royale Noir, a dark theme option that was available for Windows XP. Yet for reasons unknown, Microsoft had kept knowledge of Royale Noir a secret. Fast forward to the present, and Microsoft has introduced a dark theme option for the new Edge browser in Windows 10, and it looks majestic.

So if you want to be a cool kid and enable the hidden dark mode in other Windows 10 apps, the instructions are as follows.

1. LAUNCH THE REGISTRY EDITOR

In the search bar, just type in "regedit" OR press window key+ R, a prompt will appear and then type "regedit"without the quotes and click on the disintegrating cube icon to launch the Registry Editor.

In some cases depending on your security settings, User Account Control might prompt you for permission. If so simply click on "Yes."

2. ACCESS THE PROPER DIRECTORY

On the left sidebar is the directory structure. Simply click on the chevron next to the directory name to expand it and navigate down the hierarchy.

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER => SOFTWARE => Microsoft => Windows => CurrentVersion => Themes => Personalize

3. PERFORM THE ACTUAL MAGIC

On the right pane, in an empty area, right-click and choose "New," then "DWORD (32-bit) Value."

You should now see a new entry on the right pane called "New Value #1" highlighted in blue.

Rename the highlighted field to "AppsUseLightTheme," and you'll now see a new entry in the right pane called "AppsUseLightTheme" with a default value set to 0.

If done all the steps, just log out, then log in again.

TO WRAP IT UP

Now there are a couple of disclaimers. The dark mode is not universal, since some apps don't fully support it yet. But in the apps that do support it, like Settings, it looks pretty sweet!

 That's it. We did it.

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