Nvidia Rotate Screen Hotkey Better — Validated

; Rotate screen 90 degrees clockwise (Portrait) ^!Right:: Run, Display.exe /rotate:90 return ; Rotate back to Landscape ^!Up:: Run, Display.exe /rotate:0 return

Download and install AutoHotkey. Step 2: Create a new .ahk script file. Step 3: Paste the following script, which uses NVIDIA's own command-line tool nvidia-settings.exe (if you have the full NVIDIA Display Driver package) or uses the Display class in Windows: nvidia rotate screen hotkey

For years, a quiet frustration has echoed through the forums of Reddit, Tom’s Hardware, and NVIDIA’s own developer community. A user sets up a secondary monitor in portrait mode for coding, a vertical video editing timeline, or a classic arcade game emulator. They open their NVIDIA Control Panel. They navigate to "Rotate display." They click the dropdown: Landscape, Portrait, Landscape (flipped), Portrait (flipped). They apply the setting. It works. ; Rotate screen 90 degrees clockwise (Portrait) ^

When you plug in an NVIDIA GeForce or RTX card, the system often disables the Intel GPU (in a desktop) or routes the display through the NVIDIA driver. Suddenly, your beloved Ctrl + Alt + Arrow keys stop working. And because you just installed NVIDIA software, you naturally assume NVIDIA broke it—or that NVIDIA must have its own version. A user sets up a secondary monitor in

But that doesn't mean you have to live without one. The Ctrl + Alt + Arrow muscle memory you crave is not lost; it’s just been misattributed for a decade. By spending five minutes with iRotate, AutoHotkey, or a portable CLI tool, you can restore that functionality permanently.

Simpler AHK script using a third-party CLI tool called Display.exe (from 12noon.com):

The question is as persistent as it is simple: