Microsoft has designed a special theme for Windows 11 for Education, which can be activated by anyone via the registry and can therefore also be used without any problems under Windows 11 Home, Pro and Enterprise. A registration key makes the new theme available with numerous background images and color schemes.
Education theme for Windows 11 Home, Pro and Enterprise
As the Deskmodder website reports, the education theme for Windows 11 can also be activated in the Home, Pro and Enterprise editions. Twitter user @PhantomOfEarth provided the necessary adjustments and published corresponding registry keys. The new themes, which Microsoft introduced together with the Windows 11 2022 Update, were originally intended for pupils, students and teachers.
Starting in Windows 11, version 22H2, you can deploy education themes to your devices. The education themes are designed for students using devices in a school.
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To make the Windows 11 for Education theme available, users need to do the following :
- Windows key + R
- Open Registry Editor via regedit
- Navigate to the relevant path in the registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft PolicyManagercurrentdevice
- New → DWORD value (32-bit) → EnableEduThemes
- Double click → set value to 1
- Reboot system
Or optionally create a text file with the following content, then rename it to Education.reg and run accordingly.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftPolicyManagercurrentdeviceEducation] “EnableEduThemes”=dword :00000001
The education theme with its ten new background images as well as adapted color schemes and accent colors is then available for selection in the settings under Personalization → Themes.
Theme for Windows 11 for Education (Image: @PhantomOfEarth)
The theme and the corresponding background images also adapt to the dark mode and light mode of the operating system. The developers have published further information on the education theme at learn.microsoft.com.