In this case, a Windows Feature Update version 1903 was available.

Windows Settings > Update and Security > Check for updates.

On checking for Windows Update, there was a Windows Feature update 1903 found, which was applied. To check the version of Windows 10, go to:Īs shown in the video, the Windows 10 version was 1803. but not the Windows File Explorer.It was learnt that Windows Version 1803 or a lower version doesn't support dark mode in File Explorer. In some cases, the dark mode is applied to only a few applications.Īs shown in the video above, the dark mode was applied from Windows Settings but the dark mode applied to only a few Windows applications such as the settings page, calculator etc.

Windows Settings > Personalization > Colors > Enable dark colorĪfter applying the dark mode, check Windows explorer, apps and applications, and check if the dark mode is applied on them.

To enable dark mode or colors in Windows 10, go to: Watch this demo video how to enable dark theme mode in Windows 10: In this post we shall see How to enable dark theme mode in Windows 10 including Windows File Explorer. When you aren't surfaced with a white popup dialog, the dark mode UI looks and feels complete, and it's great to see Microsoft focusing on at least trying to make its light/dark modes consistent across apps, even if they are legacy.Windows 10 has the feature to enable dark mode, which some may like to enable. Other than those small issues, the dark mode in File Explorer looks excellent, and is exactly what I've been hoping for within Windows 10. However, Microsoft has announced that its dark mode in File Explorer is pretty much done at this point, so expecting any considerable changes to how it behaves across different windows is likely not going to happen for this release.

Of course, there's still several weeks of development time left before this update is finalized, so these issues could still be ironed out before then.

So it's important they at least look finished. I know Microsoft is slowly phasing out the Control Panel and related legacy Explorer windows, but they aren't gone yet.

And then there are other Explorer windows such as the legacy Control Panel itself, which appear to be half themed with some UI elements featuring dark mode and others not.

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