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Force Chrome to Always start in Light or Dark mode regardless of Windows 10 app mode setting

Last Updated on: May 30, 2019 by Ramesh

Google Chrome by default follows or respects your Operating System’s (e.g., Windows 10) default app mode (Light or Dark). If you enable Dark app mode in Windows 10 Settings → Personalization → Colors, it also enables dark mode or dark theme in Google Chrome.

When you switch to the light mode in the Operating System, Chrome automatically switches to the light theme.

However, regardless of the Windows 10 app mode setting, you can force Google Chrome to always start in light mode or in dark mode. This article tells you how to prevent Google Chrome from respecting or following Windows 10’s app mode (Light vs Dark) setting. This can be done using additional/hidden chrome.exe command-line arguments which can be added to Chrome’s shortcut target field in Properties.Read more

System Restore Error 0xc000021a Rolling Back after Installing Updates

Last Updated on: August 5, 2023 by Ramesh

On your Windows 10 computer, when you create a System Restore point (say, “R1”), install Microsoft updates and then attempt to do a rollback to the “R1” state, the STOP error 0xc000021a appears on the screen and the computer doesn’t open your desktop.Read more

Error 0xC1900101 Installing Windows 10 Feature Update

Last Updated on: July 31, 2023 by Ramesh

When you install a Windows 10 feature update (eg., v1809 on a computer running v1803) via Windows Update, the error 0xC1900101 occurs and the installation fails.

Fix: Photos error “Package could not be registered”

Last Updated on: July 31, 2023 by Ramesh

When you double-click an image file (e.g., .jpg, .png, .gif files) with the Photos app set as the default program on your Windows 10 computer, error Package could not be registered may pop up.

This post has instructions on how to fix the problem.Read more

Folders not refreshing automatically in Windows 10

Last Updated on: January 30, 2025 by Ramesh

In File Explorer or on the desktop, when you create, delete, rename, or move a file or folder, the folder view does not refresh automatically to reflect the action. To see the changes, the user must press the F5 button on the keyboard, or right-click on the desktop or folder background and choose Refresh. Let’s … Read more

How to Use Windows Spotlight as Desktop Wallpaper Slideshow

Last Updated on: July 31, 2023 by Ramesh

The Windows Spotlight brings fresh wallpaper images for your lock screen daily. The wallpapers are stored in the Assets folder wherein the older wallpaper images will be purged automatically as the new set of images get downloaded. We saw how to save the lock screen wallpapers using various methods, including a scripting method. This post … Read more

How to Extract Links from a Webpage in Windows

Last Updated on: July 31, 2023 by Ramesh

You may need to extract the links (URLs) in a webpage for different purposes — eg., internet research, web development, security assessments, or webpage testing. This article tells you how to extract links from a webpage or HTML document in Windows.Read more

How to Delete Images or Pages from a PDF File

Last Updated on: July 31, 2023 by Ramesh

We have numerous freeware PDF document viewers but not many freeware PDF writer tools are available. Sometimes, you may want to remove specific pages from a PDF document or remove images from a particular page in a PDF file completely to keep the file size low. Many online portals provide the PDF editing and merging features you’re looking for. But if you need an offline tool (for privacy concerns) to remove images or delete pages from a PDF document, this article has the info you’re looking for.Read more

How to Delete Empty files (0 byte) in Windows?

Last Updated on: December 12, 2025 by Ramesh

Some applications create empty 0-byte files in their data folders and fail to clear them up. Over time, if you see many zero-byte files in a folder hierarchy, here are some methods to find all those 0-byte files and delete them.

How to use .REG files (Registration Entries) in Windows?

Last Updated on: July 31, 2023 by Ramesh

Many of the articles in this site contain links to .reg (Registration entries) and .vbs (VBScript) files. In some articles, I post the contents of .reg file so that users can make one themselves. This article explains how to create and run .reg files in Windows. Create and apply a .reg file For example, the … Read more