Prevent changing color scheme

Policy ID: CPL_Personalization_DisableColorSchemeChoice
Scope: User Configuration
Supported on: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: Control Panel › Personalization

Description

This setting forces the theme color scheme to be the default color scheme.

If you enable this setting, a user cannot change the color scheme of the current desktop theme.

If you disable or do not configure this setting, a user may change the color scheme of the current desktop theme.

For Windows 7 and later, use the "Prevent changing color and appearance" setting.

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER