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Enable "Light Mode" at 6:30am daily using this Windows Task Scheduler XML file
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?> | |
<Task version="1.2" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task"> | |
<RegistrationInfo> | |
<Date>2022-10-23T19:30:00.0000000</Date> | |
<Author>SCI\SpiralChaotic</Author> | |
<URI>\SCI\LightModeEnable</URI> | |
</RegistrationInfo> | |
<Triggers> | |
<CalendarTrigger> | |
<StartBoundary>2022-10-23T06:30:00</StartBoundary> | |
<Enabled>true</Enabled> | |
<ScheduleByDay> | |
<DaysInterval>1</DaysInterval> | |
</ScheduleByDay> | |
</CalendarTrigger> | |
</Triggers> | |
<Principals> | |
<Principal id="Author"> | |
<UserId>%ComputerName%\%Username%</UserId> | |
<LogonType>S4U</LogonType> | |
<RunLevel>LeastPrivilege</RunLevel> | |
</Principal> | |
</Principals> | |
<Settings> | |
<MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy> | |
<DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries> | |
<StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries> | |
<AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate> | |
<StartWhenAvailable>true</StartWhenAvailable> | |
<RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable> | |
<IdleSettings> | |
<StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd> | |
<RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle> | |
</IdleSettings> | |
<AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand> | |
<Enabled>true</Enabled> | |
<Hidden>false</Hidden> | |
<RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle> | |
<WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun> | |
<ExecutionTimeLimit>PT1H</ExecutionTimeLimit> | |
<Priority>7</Priority> | |
<RestartOnFailure> | |
<Interval>PT1M</Interval> | |
<Count>3</Count> | |
</RestartOnFailure> | |
</Settings> | |
<Actions Context="Author"> | |
<Exec> | |
<Command>%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe</Command> | |
<Arguments>-NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted $RegPath = 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize'; New-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name SystemUsesLightTheme -Value 1 -Type Dword -Force; New-ItemProperty -Path $RegPath -Name AppsUseLightTheme -Value 1 -Type Dword -Force</Arguments> | |
</Exec> | |
</Actions> | |
</Task> |
Usage:
See the comments for this gist's partner, Dark_Mode_Enable.xml, which I recommend using in conjunction with this one.
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Almost 100% based on this Windows Central article.
I changed
powershell.exe
's command switches to include-NoProfile
,-NonInteractive
, and-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
.For semantic purposes, I slightly changed the PowerShell code so that it reads as follows:
I also made some adjustments to the task's "Conditions" and "Settings" tabs.