Windows 10: Add App Mode to Context Menu for Light or Dark Theme in Windows 10

How to: Add App Mode to Context Menu for Light or Dark Theme in Windows 10

How to Add App Mode to Context Menu to Toggle Light or Dark Theme in Windows 10


You can change your apps in Windows 10 from a default light mode to dark mode. Dark mode is great for low-light conditions like working at night. When you make the switch, UWP apps including Mail, Calendar and the Windows Store app go to a black background, which can even save your battery power with certain screen technologies.

This tutorial will show you how to add an App mode context menu to make it easy to choose the default app mode to a light or dark theme as wanted for your account in Windows 10.


EXAMPLE: "App mode" desktop context menu and Store app with light and dark theme











Here's How:

1. Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Add "App mode" to Desktop Context Menu
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_App_Mode_to_desktop_context_menu.reg

Download

3. To Remove "App mode" from Desktop Context Menu
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_App_Mode_from_desktop_context_menu.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Change Default App Mode and Windows Mode to Light or Dark Theme Color in Windows 10
• How to Add Windows Mode to Context Menu to Toggle Light or Dark Theme in Windows 10

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App Mode in Context Menu....

Hello Steven, *Smile

If you mean the context menu from the tutorial below, it will only affect the default app mode, and not the default Windows mode added in build 18282.

Explorer doesn't need to be restart for me to apply the change though.

*Arrow Add App Mode to Context Menu for Light or Dark Theme in Windows 10 | Tutorials


Change Default App Windows Mode to Light or Dark Theme in Windows 10 | Tutorials

 

App Mode in Context Menu....

Here you go Steven. *Wink

*Arrow How to Add Windows Mode to Context Menu to Toggle Light or Dark Theme in Windows 10

 

App Mode in Context Menu....

It should for the default app mode color.

As a test, open Settings (Win+I), and see if it changes light/dark theme color when toggling the context menu.

 

Change Default App Mode to Light or Dark Theme in Windows 10

To get a "dark mode" for file explorer you need to use "Color Filter" in ease of access, and that will change all your color settings on the whole system, icons, wallpaper, settings, app color mode(need to switch to light so it will become dark) inclusive. what it does is just invert all color settings. After switching to invert, you will need to re theme your system.

*Arrow Turn On or Off Color Filters to the Screen in Windows 10 Customization Tutorials

Original coloring




Inverted coloring




As for forum theme, look at the bottom:

 

Dark Context menu in Light Theme when clicking on options for Wi-Fi

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I see that when you click on the Wi-Fi option in you get the options in Dark context menu in Light Theme. This is by design for the Light Theme.




There are few interesting feature changes in Windows 10 1903 that you may want to check. You can refer the article

What's new in Windows 10 1903 to know about the new features.



However, I commend you for noticing this in the Light Theme. We would like to hear your thoughts and suggestions, as there may be other users with a similar requirement. Hence, I would suggest you to post a feedback in Microsoft

Feedback Hub so that our developing team can review your suggestions and check if it can be included in the future updates.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator