Windows 10: Icons are dimmed when Hdr is enabled but brighten up when an app is opened

Discus and support Icons are dimmed when Hdr is enabled but brighten up when an app is opened in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hello,I have a Surface Laptop Studio 2 and when I activate HDR, nothing bad happens, no washed-out colors or anything like that, or so it seems.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by lennox 187, Jun 26, 2024.

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    Icons are dimmed when Hdr is enabled but brighten up when an app is opened


    Hello,I have a Surface Laptop Studio 2 and when I activate HDR, nothing bad happens, no washed-out colors or anything like that, or so it seems. However, when I go to my desktop while every app is closed, the app icons and in general the display are dimmer and the icons appear more "grey." All of that goes away when I open my browser, for example. I have now watched countless YouTube videos and tried, I believe, almost everything that has been recommended in forums yes, even here but nothing seems to work.And by the way, that problem only occurs in HDR mode, not SDR. In SDR,there is always t

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