Windows 10: rotation lock grayed out on Lenovo Yoga laptops solved

Discus and support rotation lock grayed out on Lenovo Yoga laptops solved in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; Hi i wanted to share my discovery of why all Windows 10 lenovo Yoga touchscreen laptops have the rotation lock grayed out sometimes and cannot... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by Thailand Amulets, Sep 25, 2018.

  1. rotation lock grayed out on Lenovo Yoga laptops solved


    Hi i wanted to share my discovery of why all Windows 10 lenovo Yoga touchscreen laptops have the rotation lock grayed out sometimes and cannot reactivate;


    if your rotation lock button in action center is grayed out like this


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    Go to Task Manager (press ctrl + alt + delete), and click on the services tab, and look for ymc process (ymc.exe = Yoga Mode Control, which is the culprit, and it happens when you rotate your screen to portrait mode)

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    Right click on ymc, and stop the process. Leave it that way. Your Rotation Lock will remain unlocked now. It was a mid-late 2018 update from Lenovo which made this ymc cause the grayed out screen rotation lock. The computer works fine without this process, and in fact, it is precisely this process, intended to sense when to change to tablet mode and back to laptop mode when folding the screen, which causes the issue. There will be no adverse effects from deactivating this process. If you deletre it, Lenovo will put it in your next update and it will reappear, so best to just 'stop' the process.

    :)
     
    Thailand Amulets, Sep 25, 2018
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  2. Katelyn5 Win User

    Lenovo Yoga Rotation

    After updating my BRAND NEW Lenovo Yoga, the screen no longer rotates in tablet mode and the rotation lock is 'on' but is greyed out and will not let me edit it. How do I fix this ASAP? I use the tablet mode for school and work and need it, it was the
    purpose of buying this computer.
     
    Katelyn5, Sep 25, 2018
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  3. C M D Win User
    Rotation lock greyed out

    I had the same problem with the rotation lock being grayed out on my Lenovo Yoga 2. I flipped it into tablet mode, went into settings, and the rotation lock was enabled once again! I have no idea why this changed, however, I often use my Yoga 2 in the
    Tent mode to view videos, enjoy having the screen flip back and forth in landscape or landscape (flipped). I also do this to keep it from getting too hot when it plays videos for a long time.
     
    C M D, Sep 25, 2018
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  4. rotation lock grayed out on Lenovo Yoga laptops solved

    Rotation lock greyed out

    I usually use my Lenovo Yoga in tent mode but recently had to use it as a standard laptop. When I restarted, rotation lock was disabled. I looked through some previous discussions but none of the suggestions worked. However, one led me to discovering the
    following solution: Change display orientation to "landscape flipped". This enabled the rotation lock toggle.
     
    Mary Jo Winterer, Sep 25, 2018
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