My Windows 11 PC keeps changing the default app mode from Dark back to Light. I'm visually impaired, and opening bright white Settings screens is extremely distressing, so I need a way to keep the system and apps in Dark mode permanently. I already disabled PowerToys' light-switch feature, but the preference still resets whenever I return to Settings. This is my personal prebuilt PC, not a company-managed computer, and I'm wondering whether settings from my Microsoft account are being synchronized from my previous machine. How can I stop the reset or lock the personalization setting?
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Since this is your own PC, it may be Windows personalization settings syncing through the same Microsoft account rather than an administrator enforcing the change. Check Settings > Accounts > Windows backup or Sync your settings, then disable synchronization for personalization-related settings and set Dark mode again. Also verify that no other utility is changing the theme at sign-in. If it were a work-managed computer, an organization policy could force the setting, but that doesn’t sound likely here.
It’s definitely my personal computer. It’s a prebuilt system, and I used the same Windows account as on my previous machine. This is my first Windows 11 installation, so I suspect an old personalization setting may be syncing across.