Build instructions

[medic17]

I want to contribute to this project. However it's been a long time since I did anything in DotNet. Can someone tell me how to compile this project for debug? Since there are multiple projects it doesn't seems as easy as hitting debug in Visual Studio.

[Spiritreader]

You should be good to go by cloning the repository and then opening the "Windows Auto Dark Mode.sln" solution file with Visual Studio 2022.

You will need the dotNET 8.0 SDK: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0

In addition, you will need the following workloads selected in the Visual Studio installer to actually compile ADM:

• .NET desktop environment

Under individual components, make sure you have:

• Windows 10 SDK
• Windows 11 SDK

Once you have all of that, you need to build AutoDarkModeSvc and AutoDarkModeApp.

The App is the frontend, and the Svc is the backend.
If you need to debug both of them at the same time, you can create a StartupProject

If you have any further questions, feel free to reach out to us!