The “Color Theme” section is not visible in Workstation version 16.2.0

Products

• VMware Desktop Hypervisor

Issue/Introduction

This article describes a way to make the changes in the default behavior.

Symptoms:
The "Color Theme" section is not visible in the VMware Workstation preferences.

Environment

VMware Workstation Pro 16.x (Windows)
VMware Workstation Pro 16.2.1 (Linux)
VMware Workstation Pro 16.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation Pro 16.2.1 (Windows)

Cause

The default value of this feature state switch has been incorrectly set to "FALSE"

Resolution

Set the flag wsFeatureDarkModeSupported="TRUE" in preferences.ini.

1. Open Windows File Explorer and go to the folder C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\VMware. 

   Example: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\VMware (if you are logged in as Administrator)
   (If you are unable to find AppData folder then directly type %APPDATA% in the Address Bar of the File Explorer window)

2. Open the file Preferences.ini in any editor (e.g., notepad) 

3. Add the following entry at the end of the file 
   wsFeatureDarkModeSupported="TRUE"