Add Safe Mode to Boot Options in Windows 10

Night Hawk · 25 Aug 2015

When going to add the entry on the second build I couldn't that remotely I thought until realizing the "{identifier}" was replaced by "{current}" when simply trying to copy and paste the entries in one at a time. That saw immediate results from another guide well done! :)

Add Safe Mode to Boot Options in Windows 10-w10-safe-boot-entries-added.jpg

Since 7 when selected from the dual boot menu will have all the F8 options come up right away I simply shortened the entries down a bit to Safe Mode, Safe Mode with... etc. since it will be 10's Safe mode being the default OS. Now to see this taken care of on the latop that just saw the upgrade to 10! :)

dnsbob · 13 Sep 2015

Thanks for the tutorial.
I got an error in the bcdedit commands unless I put the "{id}" in double quotes.
Running Windows 10 preview build 10532, but I am not sure that was the issue. I could not find a normal 'command prompt', so I was using 'Windows Powershell'. It probably would not hurt to include quotes always. It was complaining about the 'dash' or 'minus sign':

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> bcdedit /copy {24321313-59ed-11e5-95fd-ea1f39b7ff3b} /d "Windows 10 normal"
At line:1 char:25
+ bcdedit /copy {24321313-59ed-11e5-95fd-ea1f39b7ff3b} /d "Windows 10 n ...
+ ~
You must provide a value expression following the '-' operator.
At line:1 char:25
+ bcdedit /copy {24321313-59ed-11e5-95fd-ea1f39b7ff3b} /d "Windows 10 n ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unexpected token '59ed-11e5-95fd-ea1f39b7ff3b' in expression or statement.
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ExpectedValueExpression

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> bcdedit /copy "{24321313-59ed-11e5-95fd-ea1f39b7ff3b}" /d "Windows 10 normal"
The entry was successfully copied to {53deb8a9-5a7c-11e5-abfd-b1d211df29f1}.

Brink · 13 Sep 2015

Hello Bob, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

Yep, the issue was that you were using PowerShell instead of an elevated command prompt.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

meh · 21 Aug 2016

Yours are the best tips on the internet. And I've been around. Always clear and accurate. Thank you.

Edit: After posting, I realized I probably gave you (and potentially others) an update notification just for my stupid "thank you," then tried to delete it. I cannot. Sorry about this.

Brink · 21 Aug 2016

That's ok meh. I'm glad it could help. :)

jelabarre59 · 19 Sep 2016

Doesn't work. Did MS manage to *break* this in newer builds? It's the sort of thing they would do (either through malevolence and/or incompetence). Ran the commands in an elevated command prompt, set the options, set the timeout to 10 seconds and checked the box to make the settings permanent and then rebooted. It still comes up without any boot menu. MS seem to be under the delusion their OS is flawless and doesn't need any options to fix failures.

meh · 19 Sep 2016

The issue I've been having is that in msconfig, on the General tab, I select "Normal startup", but it doesn't stick. It reverts to "Selective startup" every time I reopen it. Also, my settings for "Safe Mode" and/or "Safe Mode with Networking" change for no apparent reason. Just now I noticed that the latter had changed so that "Safe boot" is no longer selected, and I know it was selected previously.

I do not have the Win10 Anniversary update installed. But I'd have to opine that they have made a mess of this somehow.

Brink · 19 Sep 2016

jelabarre59 said:

Doesn't work. Did MS manage to *break* this in newer builds? It's the sort of thing they would do (either through malevolence and/or incompetence). Ran the commands in an elevated command prompt, set the options, set the timeout to 10 seconds and checked the box to make the settings permanent and then rebooted. It still comes up without any boot menu. MS seem to be under the delusion their OS is flawless and doesn't need any options to fix failures.

Hello Jelabarre59, :)

Please go ahead and post back with your bcdedit to see if anything may look wrong with it.

In addition, double check to make sure that you have enough time set to display OS boot options at startup using an option in the tutorial below.

Operating Systems Time to Display at Startup - Change in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Brink · 19 Sep 2016

meh said:

The issue I've been having is that in msconfig, on the General tab, I select "Normal startup", but it doesn't stick. It reverts to "Selective startup" every time I reopen it. Also, my settings for "Safe Mode" and/or "Safe Mode with Networking" change for no apparent reason. Just now I noticed that the latter had changed so that "Safe boot" is no longer selected, and I know it was selected previously.

I do not have the Win10 Anniversary update installed. But I'd have to opine that they have made a mess of this somehow.

Hello Meh, :)

Did you check the Make all boot settings permanent box?

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