How can I disable tablet mode on my Windows 11 laptop?

Question

I have an ASUS VivoBook flip laptop, and the screen has been slightly cracked for around 2 years. This unfortunately damaged the touch-screen ability. I disabled the touch-screen with Device Manager, but tablet mode is still affecting my regular use of the laptop. This has happened over the years and has gone away after a few seconds, although only just recently has it been permanently sticking to tablet mode. I use Brave Browser, and the icons of my extensions, the tabs, and the websites I use have all turned very large. This has nothing to do with the specific browser, as it happens to Google Chrome and all of my other apps on my computer, and it only reacts like this when my laptop is in tablet mode. Not only this, but the apps on my taskbar are large as well; however, I fixed this in 'taskbar behaviours' (the image attached shows the taskbar before I found this setting). From what I've seen online, there is no way for me to turn off tablet mode completely in the settings of my Windows 11 laptop. I have restarted my laptop many times, and there are no new updates for the system, graphics drivers, or anything else I've checked. I have tinkered with many of the settings regarding the rotate lock and the display orientation, but neither have helped my problem. In conclusion, I'm wondering how I can fix this problem of the large icons and display of my laptop by disabling the tablet mode driver or sensor that triggers it.

Answer 1

Hello，SamW446

Thank you for posting in the Microsoft community.

We understand that you want to disable Tablet Mode on your ASUS VivoBook Flip Laptop, but this issue has always existed in Windows 11, but we would like to try to solve this issue, after investigation and effort, you may be able to try the following ways to disable Tablet Mode, which may be able to bring you some help:

Press the "Win+R" key combination to open Run, type regedit and press Enter to enter the Registry Editor; find:

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\PriorityControl 

In the "ConvertibleSlateMode" section, change the value of "ConvertibleSlateMode" to 1.

Disclaimer: Generally, modifying registry subkeys or work group is intended for advanced users, administrators, and IT Professionals. It can help fix some problems, however, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For further protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click How to back up and restore the registry in Windows - Microsoft Support to view the article. 

Meanwhile, we have noticed that there are more users giving feedback on this issue, we have already sent feedback on this issue through our internal channels in order to fix the problem as soon as possible, and we also recommend you to send feedback to Microsoft, the developers of Microsoft will make adjustments according to the feedback they receive in the future updates. You can navigate through the feedback steps and raise your issue at: Send feedback to Microsoft with the Feedback Hub app - Microsoft Support

We hope that your issue will be corrected as soon as possible, and thank you for your co-operation and attempts, which will help more users to find a solution to their problems, and we look forward to hearing from you!

Best Regards，

Rota Ye |Microsoft Community Support Specialist