Recent content by RobF

Thanks for your help and the others that have commented. It seems like all of this has gotten way over my head. If I tried to set up an ongoing backup to recover my system I'm afraid it would just lead to more confusion than I'm capable of sorting out. Its kind of like a double edged sword...

Is there anyway that I could put the computer back to new condition without disturbing all the applications I have put on the computer so far , such as Word, Chrome, etc?

I think you might be right glasskuter. I think maybe I am overwhelmed with all of the new terms and possiblities there are in configuring Windows 11. I may have made a change somewhere, just in passing, and didn't realize I was messing things up. I think maybe I need to just live with the dark...

Hi glasskuter, I tried everything you suggested. It didn't seem to change anything. 'show accent color on start and taskbar' was grayed out until I switched 'choose your mode' to dark as you suggested. Thanks Rob

Hi Brink, Thanks for replying. I tried options 2 & 3 to try to get the windows screens and app screens back to light but it doesn't seem to have worked. At the end of the steps in both option 2 and option 3 it said it had successfully changed the registry. I looked at Ebay and my Comcast...

I tried that first and it didn't do anything so I tried the custom and it didn't work either. Thanks for you reply. Rob

I had never tried dark mode before and thought I might like it. I'm not sure I like it, and want to go back to light mode to compare it. I have gone around and around in circles and am not getting anywhere. I go to Settings,Personalization,Colors, Choose Your Mode, Custom,Choose your default...