microsoft / microsoft/WindowsAppSDK
Apps use the wrong theme for the system context menu
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Description
### Describe the bug
Apps on a system that is configured to use the dark theme use the light system context menu theme:
Context menu looks like this:

When it should look like this:

### Steps to reproduce the bug
Create a new project on a system that is configured to use dark mode.
### Expected behavior
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### Screenshots
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### NuGet package version
1.1.4
### Packaging type
Packaged (MSIX), Unpackaged
### Windows version
Windows 10 version 21H2 (19044, November 2021 Update)
### IDE
Visual Studio 2022
### Additional context
The right theme for the context menue is chosen when you call into an undocumented function in uxtheme.dll:
```cs
[DllImport("uxtheme.dll", EntryPoint = "#135", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
private static extern int SetPreferredAppMode(int preferredAppMode);
```
According to [this](https://github.com/ysc3839/win32-darkmode/blob/cc26549b65b25d6f3168a80238792545bd401271/win32-darkmode/DarkMode.h#L11) there are a number of values for the int parameter.
Call this function on program start to choose the right mode for the current configuration.
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