Note: If you don’t know how to enable the dark theme, follow this article (here).
What is causing the Dark Theme to stop working on Windows 10?
We investigated this particular issue by looking into various user reports and the fixes that they themselves used to get to the bottom of this problem. As it turns out, there are several common culprits that are known to break the functionality of the Dark Theme on Windows 10: If you’re currently struggling to resolve the same problem, this article will provide you with a few troubleshooting guides that other users in a similar situation have successfully used to get the dark theme working on their Windows 10 computers. The methods below are ordered by difficulty and efficiency, so we encourage you to follow them in the order that they are presented.
Method 1: Update your Windows 10 build to the latest version
One of the first things you should try if you’re encountering this issue is to update your Windows 10 build to the latest version. Keep in mind that the Dark theme was released a beta version for a lot of Windows 10 builds. It was known to contain a lot of bugs and glitches that made the experience less than pleasant. However, the theme has since matured and it’s now almost bug-free. But in order to get the latest version available, you’ll need to make sure that your Windows 10 OS contains the latest updates. Here’s a quick guide on how to do this: If it’s not, move down to the next method below.
Method 2: Using Mach2 to enable Dark Theme (if applicable)
If you previously used the mach2 tool in order to get the black theme without updating your Windows 10 build to the latest version, you can’t repair it conventionally if a new update kicked in. However, there is one command that you can run inside Command Prompt that will re-enable the Dark theme. But keep in mind that the Dark theme that you’ll end up using, in this case, is not the latest and is prone to contain errors and glitches. If this scenario is applicable to your situation, here’s a quick guide on how to resolve the issue if you use the Mach2 tool: If this method wasn’t applicable or didn’t allow you to resolve the issue, move down to the next potential fix below.
Method 3: Reapplying the wallpaper
Some users that have been encountering a weird issue where only half of the File Explorer is actually dark have managed to resolve the issue by accessing the active theme settings and applying the wallpaper again. This might seem like a random step, but a lot of users have reported that they were able to resolve the issue indefinitely after doing this. Here’s what you need to do to fix this is if this scenario is applicable: If this method didn’t allow you to resolve the Dark theme issue, move down to the next method below.
Method 4: Re-applying the Dark Mode
If you’ve come this far without a result, it’s very likely that the issue is occurring due to a well-known glitch that will prevent the Dark theme from showing up on File Explorer. Several users that have been encountering the very same symptom have managed to get the issue resolved by re-applying the dark mode (once or twice). Here’s a quick guide on how you can re-apply the Dark Mode in order to resolve the dark theme issue on Windows 10: Note: if the File Explorer is still glitched and doesn’t display the dark theme, repeat the procedure about one more time, but this time don’t perform a restart at step 2.
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