How to Turn On or Off Invert Colors of Magnifier Window in Windows 10


Magnifier is a tool that enlarges part—or all—of your screen so you can see words and images better. It comes with a few different settings, so use it the way that suits you best.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off invert colors of the Magnifier window for your account in Windows 10.


Contents

  • Option One: To Turn On or Off Invert Colors of Magnifier Window using Keyboard Shortcut
  • Option Two: To Turn On or Off Invert Colors of Magnifier Window from Settings
  • Option Three: To Turn On or Off Invert Colors of Magnifier Window using a REG file



EXAMPLE: Invert colors of Magnifier window turned on and off
How to Turn On or Off Invert Colors of Magnifier Window in Windows 10-invert_colors_on.jpg How to Turn On or Off Invert Colors of Magnifier Window in Windows 10-invert_colors_off.jpg





OPTION ONE

To Turn On or Off Invert Colors of Magnifier Window using Keyboard Shortcut


1 While you have Magnifier opened, press the Ctlr + Alt + I keys to toggle invert colors on and off.






OPTION TWO

To Turn On or Off Invert Colors of Magnifier Window from Settings


1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Ease of Access icon.

Starting with Windows 10 build 21359, the Ease of Access category in Settings has been renamed to Accessibility.


2 Click/tap on Magnifier on the left side, and turn on or off (default) Invert colors on the right side under Magnifier options for what you want. (see screenshot below)

How to Turn On or Off Invert Colors of Magnifier Window in Windows 10-magnifier_invert_colors_settings.jpg






OPTION THREE

To Turn On or Off Invert Colors of Magnifier Window using a REG file


The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ScreenMagnifier

Invert DWORD value

0= Off
1= On


1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.


2 To Turn On Invert Colors of Magnifier Window

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_On_invert_colors_of_Magnifier_window.reg

Download


3 To Turn Off Invert Colors of Magnifier Window

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_Off_invert_colors_of_Magnifier_window.reg

Download


4] Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


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