This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report which was filed against the emacs,w32 package: #2969: Emacs thinks the background-mode is "dark" on Windows, when registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors is empty It has been closed by Jason Rumney . Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Jason Rumney by replying to this email. -- 2969: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=2969 Emacs Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems