Rotate screen windows 10 keyboard shortcut not working

• You can rotate your screen in Windows 10 by picking a different orientation in the Display Settings.  
• You can also flip or rotate the screen using keyboard shortcuts in some versions of Windows.
• The screen orientations you can choose are landscape, portrait, landscape (flipped), and portrait (flipped).

Because Windows 10 runs on devices with all sorts of form factors — from tablets and laptops to desktop monitors that physically rotate from landscape to portrait — Windows includes the ability to flip and rotate the screen to suit whatever display you're using.

Whether you need to adjust the screen for a new device, or it's "stuck" in the wrong orientation and displaying everything sideways, you can flip the display to suit your needs.

How to flip or rotate the screen on a Windows computer

You can flip or rotate your screen in the Display Settings in Windows.

1. Right-click a blank area in the Windows desktop and click Display Settings in the context menu.

2. On the Display page, if you have more than one monitor installed, choose the display you need to rotate.

3. Click the Display orientation drop-down and choose the rotation you need. You can choose Landscape, Portrait, Landscape (Flipped) or Portrait (Flipped).

4. If you accidentally choose the wrong one, press the Escape key to revert to the way it was before. If you like the change, click Keep Changes.

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Symptoms

The Intel Graphics utility is used to Enable or Disable the keystrokes to rotate the screen.

The options available to rotate the screen varies, and may not be supported.

Cause

To determine what options are available and how to enable them, perform the following steps.

Resolution

Depending on which processor generation that is in your computer determines what Intel Graphics utility is installed on your computer.

• For computers with a 5th Generation Intel® Core Processors or older, the Intel Graphics Control Panel is used.
• For computers with a 6th Generation Intel® Core Processors and newer, the Intel Graphics Control Panel has been removed and has been replaced with the Intel Graphics Command Center.

Not sure what processor generation is in your computer? See Intel Knowledge base article How to Find the Generation of Intel® Core™ Processors.

For more information, see Intel Knowledge base article How to Install the Intel® Graphics Command Center.

Pick the corresponding program from the list.

1. Intel Graphics Command Center
2. Intel Graphics Control Panel

1. Intel Graphics Command Center

1. Press and hold the Windows (

   
   ) key, and then press the q key.

2. In the Search box, type intel.

3. Select Intel® Graphics Command Center in the list of programs.

4. Select System.

5. Ensure you are on the Hotkeys tab.

6. Select to Enable or Disable the Hotkeys function.

7. Using the drop-down menu select if you want to use Ctrl + Alt, or Ctrl + Shift for the Screen Rotation Hotkey you want to use.

8. Close the Graphics Command Center.

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2. Intel Graphics Control Panel

To disable this feature in the Intel Graphics Control Panel may require you to try a couple of options to open the software depending on the version installed.

• Option one:

  1. Press and hold the Windows (

     
     ) key, and then press the q key.

  2. In the Search box, type intel.

  3. Touch or click Intel® Graphics and Media Control Panel in the list of programs and continue to step A.

• Option two:
  1. On an empty section of the desktop screen right-click, and then select Intel® Graphics Settings and continue to step A.

1. When the control panel opens, select the Option and Support option.

2. Select the Hot Key Manager tab.

3. From this page, you can assign key stokes to enact the available options or Disable all Hot Keys.

4. Click Apply, or OK, and then Yes if the confirmation appears.

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