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Last edited by Brink; 30 Mar 2017 at 08:49. Reason: added tutorial link for more info
Like others I had a problem exiting - Command Prompt Safe Mode.
There is no taskbar in Command Prompt Safe Mode.
Windows Key + "R" did nothing so there was no "MSCONFIG" exit.
Finally found my way out using an old Vista laptop and searching the internet.
Boot into Safe Mode on Windows 10 - Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials
Type bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot and hit Enter key. This will turn off safe mode.
Close the Command Prompt window and restart Windows 10. :)
I found out the hard way that simply not closing the Command Prompt window before restarting resulted in
still being stuck in Safe Mode. The smallest things can cause confusion.
The current in the command above is whatever your identifier is.
Last edited by Brink; 07 Apr 2017 at 16:00. Reason: added tutorial link for more info
I prefere to activate the old F8 boot menu
Enable or Disable F8 Advanced Boot Options in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials
you can access it during boot phase pressing F8 or Shift+F8
executed in an elevated command promptC:\Windows\System32\bcdedit.exe /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy
is quite useful in case of BSOD
or when you cannot boot from any other reasons
or your OS is virused
and you have some other interesting options there
like do not restart automatically in case of BSOD , for example
works in 8.x also in 10.x
in xp and 7 this is set as default on a clean install.
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Last edited by Brink; 09 Apr 2017 at 09:09. Reason: added tutorial link for more info
Hello Jim, :)
Yes, you could use Option Two in the tutorial to add Safe Mode at boot.
I'm not sure if Safe Mode may help with your issue here, but it's worth a try.
My laptop has started behaving like this - see No Advanced Restart Options
Hello Steve, :)
Odd. Do you have an Insider build installed? If so, it could be a bug.
If you set a custom reset recovery image, are able to boot to advanced startup afterwards without a USB connected?
Create Reset Recovery Image in Windows 10 Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials
No, I don't have an insider build. My installation was a clean install around Jan 16 and I'm currently on v1607 Build 14393.1715. I don't have the CU since it hasn't been offered to me yet for my Dell laptop via Windows Update.
I set the recovery image as you suggested (see below) but the laptop still just restarts as normal when I try to enter advanced options using Restart + Shift key or Settings / Recovery / Advanced Startup. The command regentc /boottore does restart the PC with the advanced recovery options (this worked before I created the reset recovery image). What else should I consider?
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Update - I solved it. I entered these commands. Reagentc reported it was already enabled but the Advanced Boot options now appear.
- diskpart
- select disk 0
- select partition 1
- assign letter=R
- exit
- reagentc.exe /setreimage /path R:\Recovery\WindowsRE /target C:\windows
Reagentc / info now reports:
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Last edited by Steve C; 15 Sep 2017 at 01:33.