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This article will show you how to Enable RGB Control in Windows 11. If you have Windows 11 build 25295 or a later version, you can enable a preview of the new personalization settings page that lets you control your computer’s RGB lights. The development team for Windows 11 plans to add native support for controlling RGB light accessories, which are generally found on gaming computers, in future versions of the operating system.
Users will be able to set up devices with RGB lighting, like light strips, RGB light bulbs, and PC case lighting, without using proprietary software from a third party. The feature was first found by Twitter user Albacore, who found it hidden in the latest preview build of Windows 11. The new “Lighting” settings page is in the “Personalization” part of the Settings app. Depending on the accessories, you can control brightness, effects, and color, and there’s even an option to match the Windows 11 system color.
There are many apps you can use to control the RGB lighting on your computer, such as those from Corsair, Logitech, Asus, Razer, and some open-source ones. However, some of them are proprietary and won’t let you control accessories from other brands. Even if you didn’t build your game PC with a lot of RGB features, it’s likely that at least one of your peripherals has some RGB. We mentioned below are the ways how to Enable Windows 11 RGB Control.
Enable RGB Lighting Using ViVeTool
With ViVeTool, you can turn on Windows’s secret experimental features. On GitHub, you can find both a command line version of ViVeTool and a GUI version. Download the ViVeTool and extract it to the C drive. Then repeat the steps how to enable RGB Lighting controls on Windows 11:
- Pressing Win+R will bring up your system’s Run command box.
- To start Command Prompt as an administrator, type cmd and press the Ctrl, Shift, and Enter keys at the same time.
- Now you have to find the C drive. Press the Enter key after typing the following command: cd C:\
- Once you are in the parent directory, you can type “cd ViveTool” to go to the file’s position.
- Now, type and run the following lines one at a time to turn on the hidden RGB lighting:
- vivetool /enable /id:41355275 vivetool /enable /id:35262205
- To close the Command Prompt window, type exit in it. To use the changes made by the ViVeTool, you need to restart your machine.
- When you get to the Desktop, press Win + I to open the Settings app.
- Click the “Personalize” link in the window on the left.
- If you scroll down, you’ll see that one of the personalization choices is “Lighting.” Click on it, and then you can change the RGB lights of all the devices that it works with. Even the Windows background color can be matched to the RGB effects of a device.
Change to the Insider Build
You can get the Insider build 25295 if you sign up for the Windows Insider program and then use the Update Windows part of the Settings app to look for new builds. But if you don’t want to join the program, you can use UUP Dump to download the latest Windows Insider builds and try them on your system or in a virtual machine. After that, run the build and go to the desktop. If you want to know more information about this Visit Official Microsoft Support site.
Are Windows RGB Lighting Controls Really Necessary?
If you use any external devices, especially ones that have to do with games, RGB lighting makes them look amazing. Even the best game accessories (mouse, keyboard, and controllers) come with RGB lighting these days. Gaming devices from reputable companies come with software that lets you change the brightness, settings, and lighting effects. It gets old to have to load a different app for each RGB accessory you have. Microsoft found out about this problem and came up with a plan to put all RBG devices on Windows 11.