Enable Windows Dark Mode via registry (no activation needed)

windows-dark-mode.md

Open regedit.exe, go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize and set both AppsUseLightTheme & SystemUsesLightTheme DWORDs to 0.

Alternatively, download and save the windows-dark-mode.reg file below as a .reg file and run it.

Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/o1l55u/how_do_i_enable_dark_mode_on_windows_11/h21f69b/

windows-dark-mode.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize]
"AppsUseLightTheme"=dword:00000000
"SystemUsesLightTheme"=dword:00000000

It works after a restart on Windows 11. Thanks!

you can just restart explorer