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How to Enable Dark Mode in Windows 10

Windows 10 will be launched on July 29 and it will be free for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users. One of the many new features of Windows 10 is the ‘dark mode’, but it is not available for common users for certain reasons. However, there is a simple workaround to enable dark mode in Windows 10.
In this tutorial, we let you know how to enable Dark Mode in Window 10, but it requires to edit a registry string which is should be done with caution. Before you get start, if you are already using Windows 10 preview version you may know about the dark theme option for the new Edge browser in Windows 10, but it is not available for other apps.

 However, by editing a registry entry you can enable dark mode in other apps as well, but do remember that not all app are currently supported dark theme.

How to Enable Dark Mode in Windows 10

1. In the search bar type in regedit and hit enter.

2. In the registry go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> SOFTWARE -> Microsoft -> Windows -> CurrentVersion -> Themes -> Personalize

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

4. In the highlighted field, type the value AppsUseLightTheme.

That’s it. Leave your views in the comment section below

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