Auto Theme Switcher

[tinodin]

Automatically changes between light and dark mode based on a set schedule.

[m417z]

This mod is injected into explorer and runs as part of it. This is suboptimal for the following reasons:

• There can be more than one explorer.exe process in case the "launch folder windows in separate process" option is enabled, and for other reasons.
• This mod doesn't have a good reason to be injected into explorer.exe, it's just convenient. But by doing so, a mistake or instability in the mod affects the whole shell.

This is not the first mod to take this approach. Here are other recent mods:

• New MOD "edge-hot-corner-desktop-switch" #1832
• added mod auto-hide-desktop-after-inactivity.wh.cpp #1913

And maybe also:

• https://windhawk.net/mods/classic-theme-enable
• https://windhawk.net/mods/magnifier-mod

All three mods could be separate tools, they don't use and don't need Windhawk's injection and hooking capabilities. On the other hand, I can understand that the ease of mod installation is appealing. I wonder if Windhawk needs to come up with a new type of mods which run as part of a dedicated process.

[m417z]

Just to be clear, I didn't mean to say that the mod won't be accepted. I was just thinking out loud about the problems with the current approach. Still, I think that such mods can be valuable. Since there's no mechanism in Windhawk right now for such tool-like mods, perhaps some temporary solution can be implemented in the mod itself. I'll give it some thought. Meanwhile, feel free to reopen the PR and we'll keep discussing it.

[tinodin]

Yes sorry, I know I just deleted the fork as I accidentally added another mod to it. If you want I can create a new pull request as I can not reopen this one.

[m417z]

Go ahead and create a new one.