Windows 11 machines suddenly flipping between Light and Dark themes after recent updates have a clear, identifiable culprit: the new Light Switch module introduced in PowerToys v0.95, and an apparent rollout bug that left the scheduler enabled or reasserting control on many systems. The problem...
Microsoft’s latest Insider preview builds extend the system-wide Dark theme into long-neglected corners of File Explorer and several legacy dialogs, eliminating many of the jarring white “flash” moments that have plagued Dark mode users and delivering a tangible quality‑of‑life polish ahead of...
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Microsoft has quietly closed a long-standing Windows convenience gap by adding Light Switch to PowerToys — a new, first‑party utility that can automatically switch Windows 11 between light and dark modes on a schedule or at local sunrise and sunset, with per‑surface controls, configurable...
PowerToys' new 0.95 release finally delivers one of Windows 11’s most-requested conveniences: an automated light/dark theme scheduler called Light Switch, along with a slate of performance and usability fixes that make PowerToys feel more like a polished power-user toolkit than a collection of...
Microsoft’s PowerToys is about to fill a longstanding personalization gap in Windows 11 by adding an official, first‑party module to automatically switch between Light and Dark themes on a schedule — a small feature with outsized user demand and a few important caveats to understand...
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