Windows 10: Windows thinks high contrast is on when it isn't

Discus and support Windows thinks high contrast is on when it isn't in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; So I have a weird problem. I just reinstalled windows 10 and when I tried to customize the appearance of it, it won't let me because it says high... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by nearxe, Mar 16, 2017.

  1. nearxe Win User

    Windows thinks high contrast is on when it isn't


    So I have a weird problem. I just reinstalled windows 10 and when I tried to customize the appearance of it, it won't let me because it says high contrast mode is on. But high contrast is not chosen in themes and it is also disabled under accessibility.

    I can for some reason still change themes (but not change backgrounds, colours, sounds and all that separately, which I really want to do). I have chosen the default theme and also tried to download a new theme but it didn't help. I tried enabling high contrast, and changing it back and none of that changed anything. I even tried removing the high contrast themes from the computer but it still says high contrast mode is on.

    Any other ideas as to what I can try?

    :)
     
    nearxe, Mar 16, 2017
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    How on Gods green earth do I turn OFF high contrast. I selected NONE and it says I can't save that theme in high contrast mode. Well duh by selecting NONE as the high contrast theme I want , you would think it would figure out that I don't want high contrast
    mode at all. I want to select the colors that I want to use with a particular picture. It has currently SELF decided to use auto color select when not in High Contrast Mode but it choose purple as a color choice with a picture of a black car. I was trying
    to get a black or at least a dark gray color choice when I went to High Contrast. Instead it deleted the picture and just went black and white. This is not what I want or need but now I cannot for the life of me figure out how to turn the God forsaken SOB
    OFF. It simply will not return to whatever non-High Contrast mode is called . Please Help.
     
    DragonSlayerZ28, Mar 16, 2017
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    Have you tried a High Contrast Setting theme? If not see - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13862/windows-use-high-contrast-mode
    which may help you.

    I think there is a typo in the article. In the W10 section it says search for 'High contrast settings', but on my 1709 .309 build, I seem to need to search for 'High-contrast settings' with a hyphen.

    Or maybe a Color Filter, as this article - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4041722/windows-10-use-color-filters may assist.

    Is that what you mean?
     
    George222(2), Mar 16, 2017
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