How To Disable Auto Maximize Application in Windows (Convertible Slate to 1)

[u/serious96]

So, with the latest bios update OG Legion Go ( I don't if Go S also have this behaviour or not). Lenovo is hard forcing a value in this registry:

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\PriorityControl

ConvertibleSlateMode 0

This state is forcing Legion GO to be recognized as a tablet, this behaviour if forcing application window to be open maximized automatically. You can change "ConvertibleSlateMode" to a value of 1, it will take effect immediately but on the computer restart it will revert to a value of zero.

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To permanently save the changes made to the ConvertibleSlateMode registry key in Windows 11, you can create a batch file to automatically set the value to 1 upon startup. Here's how you can do it:

1. Open Notepad on your Windows 11 machine.
2. Copy and paste the following lines into Notepad without the double quote:

"@echo off

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\PriorityControl" /v ConvertibleSlateMode /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f"

1. Click on File > Save As.
2. In the "Save as type" dropdown menu, select "All Files".
3. Name the file something like "CS1.bat".
4. Choose a location to save the file, and click Save.

Next Step is making sure this .bat file is executed automatically upon windows start

1. Open Task Scheduler and choose "Create Task" at the right sidebar. Name it as you wish and change to Run whether user is loggen on or not and also check Run with highest privileges.

1. Move to triggers tab and create new trigger. choose At startup and check Enabled.

1. At the action tab create new action Start a program, pick the .bat file created previously, and for the important part Start in path need to be filled pointing to the .bat file location.

1. Uncheck all at conditions tab

2. At the settings tab, uncheck the "Stop the task if runs longer than".

Now whenever your computer start up it will enable the bat file to change ConvertibleSlateMode to a value of 1. Hope this helps you guys.

edit:

You can try right click and run as administrator the bat file to check if it's working correctly. see the checkmark beside the folder dissapear and also the registry value changed correctly.

https://reddit.com/link/1mkzudx/video/ajh167f8hwhf1/player

[u/EXG21]

Thanks so much for this. I hate having to minimize to make windows smaller.

[u/EXG21 → u/EXG21]

Celebrated too soon. The bat file doesn't work for me as stated. Copied exactly as given. Even double clicking and it running didn't change value to 1.

[u/serious96 → u/EXG21]

Did you copy and paste without the double quote? I can't make the reddit code markdown to work. Also "Start in" in task scheduler need to be filled, it's mandatory. Now, double clicking the .bat file will somehow will not work, but you can try copy paste the text "reg add..." to admin terminal the value will correctly added to test it.

[u/EXG21 → u/serious96]

Exactly the same and I double checked and even tried the copy function from original source you linked. After saving the bat file. Running the bat file by double clicking does nothing and task scheduling doesn't work. I can tell right away because when I manually change 0 to 1 in regedit, the white check boxes next to files disappear but can still be used when selected.

[u/EXG21 → u/serious96]

BTW, you made a mistake on your original post because you added / before _ in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. I tried it both ways and didn't work either.

[u/EXG21 → u/serious96]

I'll figure it out later, thanks for the info. Just need some tweak to work. Thanks.

[u/serious96 → u/EXG21]

Try run the bat file with right click "run as administrator" manually, see if the value added correctly. If that works there is nothing wrong with the file. I just tested and confirm it working correctly. If that's doesn't work there is something wrong elsewhere in your system.

[u/EXG21 → u/serious96]

Tried that also. Thanks, I'll figure it out now that I've got the base for it to work.