When the time is right the application will launch in the background using a scheduled task and changes the Windows theme. From now on, the app will change the wallpaper according to your settings.Īfter you configure the application, you can close it. Once you selected the wallpapers, click on the “Save” button. In the next window, set the light and dark mode wallpapers by clicking on the “Pick a file” button. To set light and dark mode wallpapers, click on the “Configure Desktop Background” button.ħ. One of the neat features of the Auto Dark Mode app is that it can also switch wallpapers according to the light or dark mode. Enable the location services for apps feature.Ħ. ps1 file, you can excecute it from there simply by putting Powershell.exe (or pwsh.exe) in the Program box, and then -file C:\yourscript.Note: If the location services are disabled, the app will launch the location services page in the Settings app. Set-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize -Name SystemUsesLightTheme -Value 0 -Type Dword -Force Īlthough neatly-compact, maintaining code in a single line can be a hassle, so if you prefer to keep your PS script in a. Set-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize -Name AppsUseLightTheme -Value 0 -Type Dword -Force "Setting Dark theme." # output in case we let a window be opened Set-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize -Name SystemUsesLightTheme -Value 1 -Type Dword -Force Set-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize -Name AppsUseLightTheme -Value 1 -Type Dword -Force
"Setting Light theme." # output in case we let a window be opened # if later than 8am and earlier than 7pm, use light mode So let's break it down a bit to see what it does: # Set current time in a variable That PS script seems like a lot packed into a single line, but that's just so we can paste it in that "arguments" diaglog in the Action. Add an Action with Program=Powershell and Arguments= $time=(Get-Date).TimeOfDay.Hours if($time -gt 8 -and $time -lt 19).Add one trigger for "On workstation unlock"."Run with highest priviledges" just to be sure nothing interrupts it (optional) "Do not Store Password" check since it's an offline script "Run whether user is logged in or not" is required so that a powershell window doesn't flash every time this runs. Open Task Scheduler and create a new task with the following settings: It can be a bit tricky to pull off seamesly, but it can be done with the following steps:
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