![]() Select “privateregistry.bin”, and give the new Hive a nice name, like “VS2018PrivateRegistry” (without quotes).Navigate to this location C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\16.0_?.Click on HKEY_USERS, and select File -> Load Hive.Press Windows R, and type regedit in the text box and click OK.Simplified instructions (old instructions below) ![]() UPDATED – Confirmed working on VS 2019 Community and others. The hack essentially overwrites the crap “High Contrast” theme with the lovely “Dark” theme in the registry. So what is a programmer to do? Well there is a registry hack that I’ve used for a few generations of Visual Studio (like I said this is not a new issue). So basically they’re saying “tough shit”. Thank you for helping us build a better Visual Studio! We will continue to evaluate it for future releases. To support customers who rely on high contrast and give them a single experience, we believe the the accessibility for visual Studio is paramount in this instance. We understand the desire to have VS use a different theme from the system. Thank you for your feedback! The Visual Studio team has determined that this issue will not be addressed in the upcoming release. Here’s Microsoft’s official stance on this long existing problem. Lots of people have the same problem, and not just VI users either. But the thing that bugs me most is, someone made a decision to take this choice away from me, making my work harder, and forcing me to endure a sub-optimal experience, reserved only for visually impaired users. It is plain, white text on a black background. So what’s the problem with that, you ask? I mean,I’m happy to use the high contrast theme elsewhere in Windows, so what’s the big deal? For starters, their “High Contrast” theme is terrible. The theme dropdown in the options is disabled and font/color styling is limited to a handful of colors. ![]() Instead, Microsoft forces Visual Studio to use their special “High Contrast” theme. Unfortunately, Microsoft won’t let me use their nice “Dark” theme, because someone at Microsoft thinks they know what I want, better than I know myself. Visual Studio has a rather lovely “Dark” theme that suits my tired old eyes very well. I also program for a living and use Microsoft Visual Studio. I run a high contrast Windows theme because I have crappy eyesight.
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