Before the May 2019 Update for Windows 10, the operating system had a dark taskbar, dark start menu, dark context menus and a dark action center with light apps by default. If you install Windows 10 now, the system will offer the light theme by default. How do you do this now?
For example, you can just set the dark theme. Not only the aforementioned parts, but also your apps will be displayed dark. What if you want the light theme for the rest of your system, but you want the taskbar dark? Fortunately, you can arrange that very easily. We start with the settings menu of Windows 10. You can reach it by opening the Start menu and clicking on the gear at the bottom left.
Another option to get to Settings is to press the Windows key plus the letter i. However you get there, when you open the window, go to the front tile Personal settings. You will find various options on the left in the menu. The opportunity that is important for now is the cup Colors. There you will find the text Choose your color, with a selection menu below with three options: Light, Dark and Custom. Choose the third option: Adjusted.
Make Windows 10 taskbar dark again
The first two options speak for themselves, by the way. When you choose Light, Windows is presented in light colors. The second option presents the same parts in dark colors. In both cases it concerns the start menu, the taskbar, the windows and the action center. With the Custom option you can create a combination of both themes. For example, you can keep the window color light while making the taskbar and start menu dark, for example.
Did you select Custom? Great, now two cups are added. At the first cup, where you choose the standard mode, select the option Dark. The start menu, taskbar and action center will then be dark. In the second cup, with the options for the standard app mode, you choose light. Then you make sure that the application windows are at least displayed in light colors. The background of windows, for example in folders, is then light again, while the rest of the system is dark. Do you like the choices you have made? Then you can now close the window.
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