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 Gaming 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 Gaming' started by lennox 187, Jun 26, 2024.

  1. LENNOX 187
    lennox 187 Win User

    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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    lennox 187, Jun 26, 2024
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  2. SHARMIAN
    Sharmian Win User

    After upgrade to Windows 10, screen keeps dimming, then brightening!

    I have updated the Display adapters as per another answer, but the dim/brighten/dim/brighten issues seems to be persisting. Can anyone suggest another remedy please. My laptop is an HP Pavilion.
     
    Sharmian, Jun 26, 2024
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  3. SHIFLERG
    Shiflerg Win User
    Screen dimming and brightening on its own.

    My monitor seems to be dimming and brightening on its own. My system is a desktop with a monitor which is really a flatscreen tv.

    Everytime I close out something the screen dims. When I open up something it brightens again but it may not stay bright. When doing MS Word it will dim and brighten as I do key strokes or scrolling.

    Right now as I'm composing this thread, it is staying bright.

    I just scrolled up to the top of the screen and it dimmed (looking for post button which I now see is below and not up).
     
    Shiflerg, Jun 26, 2024
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  4. SIVA_SCORPIO
    siva_scorpio Win User

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

    Win10 display auto-dimming/brightening

    I'm on Lenovo Ideapad 510. Been using Win10 which came along with it for almost 1.5 years. From last 2 months, due to some update, selecting/opening an app, dims the display if the background is black. In 5 steps, the dimming changes to a drastic level.
    The opposite happens when a white background is selected. The stupidest thing, is that, for white it should be dimming and for black, it should be brightening, but microsoft is doing opposite. This is getting slightly harmful to eyes - why doesn't it leave
    it to the user like before? Very noticeable at night. Tried many things like turning OFF Night-light, updating display drivers, night-mode OFF etc etc. Still this is the same. Any idea, to stop this?
     
    siva_scorpio, Jun 26, 2024
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