Friday, 15 May 2020

Safe mode in Win 10

Summary

If you have a problem with your PC, you can help troubleshoot it by starting it in safe mode. Safe mode starts Windows with a substantially reduced set of drivers and services. If when you boot in safe mode the problem does not happen you can assume that the basic operating system is OK and it is probably a third party driver or conflict between apps/

You need to enable safe mode BEFORE you have a problem because often you cannot access it when you do have a problem.

As with any modifications it is ALWAYS a good idea to back up your data or at least make a restore point.


Details

In order to add safe mode, safe mode with networking, and safe mode with command prompt You will need to do a few fairly easy things.

First you need to know what an elevated command prompt is and how to open it

Use the windows  key +"X" (or right click the start key) then click on Command prompt (Admin)

It should look like this and say "Administrator: across the top

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You can add one or all three safe modes listed above.

1-If you want to simply add "safe mode"  copy/paste this into the elevated command prompt

bcdedit /copy {Current} /d “Windows 10 Safe Mode"      then hit enter


2-For "safe mode" with networking copy/paste this

bcdedit /copy {Current} /d “Windows 10 Safe Mode with Networking”      then hit enter

3-For "safe mode" with command prompt

bcdedit /copy {Current} /d “Windows 10 Safe Mode with Command Prompt”    then hit enter

When you have finished adding what you want, close the command prompt.

Next step, type win key +”R” (or right click the start button) and type msconfig and hit enter.  Go to the boot tab and click on the first item you added.

For safe mode

Click on minimal, set the timeout you want, click make make all boot settings permanent then click apply. 

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For safe mode with networking

Click on network, set the timeout, make settings permanent, apply

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For safe mode with command prompt

Click on alternate shell, set the timeout, make settings permanent, apply

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When done click OK

You will see the following which you can safely ignore because the above steps are reversible so click YES

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You will then be shown the following

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If you followed the instructions correctly when you reboot you should see something like this (depends on which items you selected

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