ADM no longer works on Windows 10 LTSC after updating to new version

[cmhrky]

Description

After updating from stable version 10.1.0.10 to 10.2.0.18 it no longer switches between modes. "Force Dark Theme" and "Force Light Theme" don't work either.

Expected Behavior

No response

Log Data

service.log
config.yaml.txt

Operating System

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809 17763.3406

Commit Hash and Version

• Commit: f7a700b
• Service: 10.2.0.18
• Updater: 2.4.2
• App: 10.0.1.0
• Shell: 1.3.1.0
• .Net: 6.0.7

Screenshots

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[Spiritreader]

Unfortunately I don't have LTSC 1809 to test, but with the development of Windows 11 I am not sure if we can still support LTS operating systems.

There is a way to fix this but it's not an easy/quick one.
Until then I would recommend downloading the older 10.1.0.10 release https://github.com/AutoDarkMode/Windows-Auto-Night-Mode/releases/tag/10.1.0.10 and disable automatic updates.

I will update here once we have windows-version specific switching behavior figured out.

Sorry for the inconvenience, development for Win11 22H2 has been pretty difficult and currently there are some trade-offs.

[Spiritreader]

Should be fixed in the latest beta (10.3.0.1)

[cmhrky]

I tried now. No change unfortunately.

[Spiritreader]

Hmm the logic in 10.3.0.1 for your windows build is the same as in 10.1.0 tho. Please upload logs once again so I can take a look.

[cmhrky]

config.yaml.txt
service.log

[Spiritreader]

Hmm that looks alright.

Could you navigate to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize in RegEdit, then change the "AppsUseLightTheme" and "SystemUseLightTheme" from 1 to 0 or from 0 to 1 and see if that changes anything?

[cmhrky]

"AppsUseLightTheme" works. "SystemUseLightTheme" not works.

[Spiritreader]

Could you check whether ADM updates the AppsUseLightTheme entry by forcing theme to dark, then pressing F5 in the regedit window to refresh?

[cmhrky]

I've tried. There is no changes in the regedit.

[Spiritreader]

Hm there have been zero code path changes and the logs you uploaded show the correct code path (AppsSwitch) getting called, which hasn't been modified in 13 months.

The only thing that could be is that the registry editing method (which is part of dotnet) has somehow been altered. But that's part of the framework and not something we can fix.

There are no error messages, the registry handler is not reporting any exceptions, logging indicates that ADM calls all of the functions necessary to change that regkey.
It seems like we have to declare Win10 LTSC as an unsupported build as a result

I will try one more thing, will update tomorrow

Never mind I think I found something. Please update once again to 1.3.0.2

[cmhrky]

OK. No problem now. Working properly.

[Spiritreader]

awesome!