Step 2: Open this location HKEY_CURRENT_USER > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Themes > Personalize Default Settings in Registry editor Or just search “regedit” in search bar and it will show you Registry Editor. You can use windows run (use shortcut Win + R) and execute this command: regedit. Below are the steps to turn on the dark theme, and its safe, as it will not crash your file or computer. We are going to turn on Windows 10 dark theme from the registry editor without activation. Here I am going to show you how you can change the theme and color in Windows 10 without activating it. In Windows, you can’t personalized the desktop look and feel until you activate it.Īlthough this doesn’t bother most of us, because theme doesn’t stop you getting your day to day work done, but some of us want that dark look but can’t activate the Windows.
If you want to change it back to dark theme, you need to activate the Windows. In Windows 10 21H1 version, it comes by default activated with light theme.