Windows 10: So what's the answer, my lenovo voga 720 has grayed out the rotation lock!!! Help Mr. Wizard.

So what's the answer, my lenovo voga 720 has grayed out the rotation lock!!! Help Mr. Wizard.

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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





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)





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.

 

Rotation Lock button is grayed out

I have Windows 10 Home

OS Build # is 15063.674

This is the first time it has happened.

I have followed what has been suggested, such as to change the resolution. But the 'Rotation Lock' button stays gray {unable to switch the Lock Button to the off position}. Thank you for trying to help.

 

windows 10 rotation lock grayed out

Hi David,

The option may have grayed out due to a recent update or change that was done on your computer. As our initial troubleshooting step, we recommend that you set your computer to Portrait mode by following the steps below.

• Press Windows key + I to open Settings.
• Select System, and then Display.
• Under the Orientation option, select Portrait.
• The rotation lock should be clickable after following these steps.

Let us know how that turned out for you.