WinSCP Error

Attempting to launch WinSCP on Windows 11 Edu x64 gives the following error

Invalid data type for 'AppsUseLightTheme'

I have checked this reg key, and the value is set to '1'

Any ideas?

Using ProcMon I can see when this regkey is accessed when opening WinSCP (screenshots attached).

This regkey
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize\AppsUseLightTheme
is altered via GroupPolicy to this value, if that's of any help to the troubleshooting.

For anybody else who experiences this issue I have solved the problem.

The reg edit GPO was applying the following REG_SZ items
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize\AppsUseLightTheme
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize\SystemUsesLightTheme

Both of these items are supposed to be DWORD, not Reg_SZ.

Corrected this & now WinSCP opens as expected. Hopefully this helps someone else out there.

Thanks for sharing your solution.