2018-05-02 00:53:22 +00:00
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# Windows Auto Dark
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A program that sets/toggles the Windows 10 dark theme. This can be done with
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PowerShell, but it causes a window to show for a second. Running this program
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won't show a window at all. This makes it particularly useful for changing the
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theme automatically.
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## Installation
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Compile the program or download the executable from the Github releases page.
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Place the executable anywhere that users can access it.
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## Running
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If the program is run without any arguments, then it will toggle the dark theme
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setting. You can pass in one of two arguments: `light` or `dark`. Only the
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first argument will be read in, all others will be ignored.
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## Scheduling
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Use Windows Task Scheduler to run this automatically.
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[This article](https://www.windowscentral.com/how-automatically-switch-dark-mode-night-time-windows-10)
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has detailed instructions on how to do so. Just use the path to this program's
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executable in place of the path to PowerShell and `light` or `dark` in place of
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the PowerShell arguments.
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2018-05-02 15:45:52 +00:00
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## How It Works
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This works by setting the registry key
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`Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize\AppsUseLightTheme`
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to `0` for dark or `1` for light.
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## Future Plans
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Add a feature to create the Task Scheduler tasks using
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[Task Scheduler Managed Wrapper](https://github.com/dahall/taskscheduler).
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