Skype Dark Theme Windows 10

Skype Preview was updated today from version 11.3.119 to 11.4.85.0, adding a dark theme and multiple accounts support.

Dark Skype Preview app will be installed with Windows 10 Anniversary Update. The toolbar is rather simple: It contains a triple-line button to expand the toolbar area, revealing icons for Recent Conversations, Contacts, and Bots. The former two should be self-explanatory, but the Bots aspect is rather interesting.

The update was originally supposed to be made available last week alongside Windows 10 for PCs build 14342, but it was held back. In fact, the whole thing was a bit of a mix-up, with the build releasing around 11 PM ET. The release notes were edited to say that the Skype Preview update would be released the next day, but it didn't actually happen until now.

  • The Skype UWP preview for Windows 10 has been updated with a brand-new dark theme and support for switching between multiple accounts.
  • Microsoft’s latest Skype update brings a dark theme to the iPhone and Android, restores status display. Windows users are getting the first elements of the new Skype design, with the hamburger menu being ditched and replaced with floating windows for the setttings menu and the addition of emoji reactions to messages delivered in chat.

Here's a look at the new dark theme (without splicing it with the light theme):

The theme in the app will match the theme in your PC's settings, so don't expect to see a separate toggle in the app's settings. As you've probably guessed, you should be on build 14342 to get the app.

The UWP Skype app is likely to launch with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which is expected in July. If you haven't gotten the update just yet, you can grab it right here.

Source: Microsoft via Windows Central

As you may already know, Microsoft is going to add a new dark theme to File Explorer in Windows 10. It can already be activated in Windows 10 Build 17650, which was recently released to Skip Ahead insiders. If you would like to enable it right now and see the work in progress, here's how it can be done.

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Microsoft has added the dark theme to the classic desktop app File Explorer in Windows 10 'Redstone 5'. Recent builds of the OS incude the dark theme for File Explorer which can be enabled in the Settings app. Here is how it looks:

Enabling dark mode in File Explorer is possible using an option in the Settings app, which switches the app theme under Personalization -> Color. Unlike many Store (UWP) apps, File Explorer hasn't a dedicated option to turn on the dark theme separately from Settings. It follows the global option. Many of the first-party apps in Windows 10 follow the system option or have their own options for enabling the dark theme.

To enable the dark theme in File Explorer in Windows 10, do the following.

  1. Open the Settings app.
  2. Go to Personalization -> Colors:
  3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the option 'Choose your default app mode'. There, turn on the Dark option to activate the appropriate color scheme.
  4. The dark theme is now enabled.

In older pre-release builds of Windows 10 the dark theme was locked. The instructions below could be used to unlock it using a third-party tool Mach2.

Enable Dark Theme in File Explorer in Windows 10

  1. Ensure that you have Windows 10 Build 17650 installed. Refer to the article How to find the Windows 10 build number you are running.
  2. Download the mach2 tool. Use the following links: mach 2 for Windows 10 64-bit mach2 for Windows 10 32-bit
    To find which version you need, see the article How to determine if you are running 32-bit Windows or 64-bit. Also, you can find the actual version of mach2 on the 'releases' tab on GitHub.
  3. Extract the ZIP archive to any folder you want. For example, you can extract it to the folder c:mach2.
  4. Go to that folder with File Explorer.
  5. Type cmd.exe in the address bar of File Explorer and hit the Enter key.
  6. A new command prompt window will open. Type the following command: mach2 enable 10397285.
  7. Restart Windows 10.

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You are done!

To activate the theme,

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  1. Open Settings.
  2. Navigate to Personalization -> Colors.
  3. On the right, select the option Dark under Choose your default app mode.

I hope this will save you some time.

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