Windows 10: Boot menu shows up when I select "Restart"

Whenever I select "Restart" on my HP laptop, a boot menu comes up that asks me whether I want to shut down Windows 10. There are some other options that show up too, like a Safe Mode option. What should I do to get the computer to restart normally?

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No startup boot menu

Hello Kimoefat,

Thank you for posting your concern in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family.

As an initial recommendation, I would suggest you to access the System configuration utility and check if the Operating System installation path for Ubuntu exists. To do so, follow the below steps.

• Type msconfig in the search bar and select System Configuration from the search results.
• Select the boot tab in the System configuration console to check if the installation path for Ubuntu exists.

If it exists, next logical step is to check if the boot menu time out has been set to 0, which results in Boot menu not showing up.

The boot menu time-out determines how long the boot menu is displayed before the default boot entry is loaded. It is calibrated in seconds. To change the boot menu time-out, use the Bootcfg
/timeout switch. Valid values are from 0 through 999. You cannot use Bootcfg to set an indefinite time-out.

You can run the following Run command line to set the boot menu time-out accordingly. To do so, follow the below steps.

• 
  Press Windows key + X, select
  Command prompt (Admin) to bring up elevated Command prompt
  
• 
  Type in the following command: bootcfg /timeout 10
  
  timeout 10 will set the time frame to 10 seconds
  

However, if the Boot path for Ubuntu does not exist in the boot menu of System Configuration utility, I would suggest you to check if the Ubuntu is overridden by the Windows installation or if the Ubuntu installation files are corrupted.

Hope the above information is helpful. If you need further information, feel free to write to us and we would be happy to help you.

Thank You.

 

Computer restarts after selecting non default Windows 10 in Boot Menu

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Currently you are able to view the boot menu that is specific for Windows 10. Here Windows interface is loaded and then you get an option to choose an operating system. If you select operating system which is not default, then Windows will have
to reboot again as it is has already loaded the interface from default operating system. You can turn on the standard boot menu and choose an operating system while booting. Please follow the steps mentioned below to enable boot menu.

1. Open Command prompt and run it as Administrator.
2. Then type bcdedit /set {bootmgr} displaybootmenu yes
3. Press enter and exit Command prompt.
4. Restart your computer and check.

To disable it, just replace yes with no and it will again loaded the interface from Windows 10.

Hope it helps,

 

Boot up selections, how to delete menu

Hey Guys

I just scored a windows 7 copy and installed it to my HDD on a different partition. Now everytime the computer boots up, I have a menu where I can select win7 or previous OS. I originally had XP on my C: then installed win on a separate partition...

How do I disable that menu and have it to boot up with win 7


THanks*Toast :toast: