After one year of work and rigorous testing, we now present the all new Auto Dark Mode X. It's now a future proof application that is made to be robust, while still carrying its light-weight and resource friendly characteristics.
First I would like to thank our new team member @Spiritreader. He has done an amazing job with the backend of Auto Dark Mode X and he invested many hours of valuable time in this project. He will continue to work actively on Auto Dark Mode.
Another good news: Auto Dark Mode is now also available on the Windows 11 Store as unpackaged installer.
Changelog (10.0.0.26)
- Rewritten Auto Dark Mode from scratch to introduce new background service for more reliable theme switching and extensibility.
- A modern and pleasing way to configure Auto Dark Mode to your liking.
- Don't switch themes while playing video games to avoid stuttering.
- Set wallpapers for each monitor.
- If you like your nights really dark, set a solid background color for your desktop.
- If you are on a laptop, you can let Auto Dark Mode switch your theme when disconnecting from wall power.
- All new update system so you will never have to read changelogs on github again.
- Install updates silently in the background, so you won't even be bothered by notifications.
- We now have update channels, so you can get that exciting new beta build.
- Don't like giving your personal location to Microsoft? You can now set your location based on geographic coordinates.
- Windows Default Location is now recognized and used for sun time calculation (thanks @XRicko #191)
- Improved theme switching for Windows theme files, now updates everything reliably. Includes support for patched UX themes!
- You can now install Auto Dark Mode for all users, but it's not recommended (no automatic updates).
- Set an offset without limits.
- Tray Icon.
- We now have a YAML based configuration file that is easy to view and edit.
- Fix Auto Dark Mode sometimes having trouble in life. If something was not working right in Version 3.0.1, it should now work in Version X.
- If you really like terminals, Auto Dark Mode now has a shell you can use to switch themes and more!
- Theme switching is now more stealth when you are resuming your computer from sleep. We use a system resume trigger to switch themes as you log in.
Known Issues
- Localizations are not 100% complete.
- Localization strings aren't translatable (you need to wait for the next release).
- Copy and pasting latitude and longitude into number boxes does not work if your country uses commas as decimal separators.
- Clearing text and number boxes is not recommended at the moment.
- VMware: transparency effects are not displayed correctly (the whole window is so messed up, you have to put it on a dark background).
- Windows 11: Switching wallpapers on different virtual desktops does not work yet.
- If you want to install Auto Dark Mode for all users, you will have to open a command line and type the following:
AutoDarkModeX_10.0.0.26.exe /ALLUSERS