Microsoft is finally giving Windows 11 users a way to switch between Light and Dark themes automatically—without third‑party hacks or manual trips into Settings—but there’s a twist: the feature is arriving via PowerToys, not as a native Windows Settings toggle, and important implementation...
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Microsoft’s PowerToys is about to plug one of Windows 11’s most persistent annoyances: a built‑in way to automatically switch between Light and Dark modes on a user-defined schedule — delivered as a PowerToys module rather than via the core Settings app.
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