The ability to rotate the screen image is a feature of your video card, to help it work with monitors that rotate to portrait orientation. Almost certainly you accidentally pressed Ctrl-Alt, and some arrow key.
Rotate it back using those keys.
My screen has a horizontal orientation. How do I return it to vertical?
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My screen orientation is horizontal. How do I restore it to vertical?
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2020-03-15T16:21:07+00:00
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2020-03-15T16:25:16+00:00 Hi JackCrawley1!
My name is Jen, I am also a Windows 10 user and an independent advisor. Here's what I do to rotate the orientation on my screen.
Hit CTRL + ALT + Up Arrow and your Windows desktop should return to landscape mode. You can rotate the screen to portrait or upside-down landscape, by hitting CTRL + ALT + Left Arrow, Right Arrow or Down arrow.
Hope this helps. Have a nice day!
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Anonymous
2020-03-15T19:03:02+00:00 You're welcome. Glad to help.
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2020-03-15T17:59:06+00:00 Hi Jen. Thanks very much for your help. Your advice worked great! Now my screen orientaton is correct. Such a simple fix!
Have a great day!
Hi JackCrawley1!
My name is Jen, I am also a Windows 10 user and an independent advisor. Here's what I do to rotate the orientation on my screen.
Hit CTRL + ALT + Up Arrow and your Windows desktop should return to landscape mode. You can rotate the screen to portrait or upside-down landscape, by hitting CTRL + ALT + Left Arrow, Right Arrow or Down arrow.
Hope this helps. Have a nice day!
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Anonymous
2020-03-15T17:51:59+00:00 Thanks Ken for helping me. Worked like a charm! Such a simple fix.
The ability to rotate the screen image is a feature of your video card, to help it work with monitors that rotate to portrait orientation. Almost certainly you accidentally pressed Ctrl-Alt, and some arrow key.
Rotate it back using those keys.