You can brighten up your Windows 11 desktop with the so-called themes. These are unified combos of background picture(s), colours for the assorted interface parts (just like the taskbar and title bar), new sound information, and modifications to the mouse pointer and different parts, all enabled without delay with the clicking of a button.

That stated, there are only some native Windows 11 themes to select from within the Settings app beneath Personalization > Themes. Microsoft gives you a lot, many extra should you click on on the hyperlink “Get more themes from the Microsoft Store” (Windows 10) or on the button “Browse themes” to the best (Windows 11). The Microsoft Store will then open and checklist a substantial variety of designs, some free and a few you must pay for.

You’ll have dozens of themes to scroll by means of. Once you might have chosen one, click on on it and proceed with Get > Install > Open. Now it may be chosen within the Windows Settings app and built-in into the system.

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Microsoft additionally makes themes available for download instantly from the Internet.

On the web site you’ll discover the designs sorted by theme with descriptions, however there’s sadly no visible preview. When you click on on a design, the browser saves it within the obtain listing in your onerous drive, then may be put in with a double click on. Windows routinely provides designs in theme pack format to the selectable themes within the Windows Settings app after you click on on them.

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This article was translated from German to English, and initially appeared on pcwelt.de.