Windows 10: cannot reboot into uefi settings, error 203 "system could not find the environment option"

when input "shutdown /r /fw" in command prompt as an administrator in order to reboot into UEFI motherboard settingsit displays “The system could not find the environment option that was entered.203” and the reboot does not proceed. using just "shutdown /r" will work correctly, adding the /fw switch causes the command to fail.so how to resolve the problemthx.i've tried "sfc /scannow" in command prompt as an administrator, no issues were found and the problem persists.i've tried "DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth" in command prompt as an administrator, no issues were found and the

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Error 0x000000cb / The system could not find the environment option that was entered

We have a user running Windows 11 Pro who is having trouble printing on any physical printer (things like Adobe PDF creator work fine). His system detects the printers as normal, but actually trying to print always gives the Windows error 0x000000cb with the error message “The system could not find the environment option that was entered.” This appears to be a problem with a missing environment variable.



Things I’ve tried:

• Windows printer troubleshooter
  
• Reinstalling printer drivers
  
• Starting/stopping the print spooler service
  
• Ensuring the windir environment variable is set correctly
  
• Running Windows’ SFC system file repair tool
  
• Booting in safe mode & running SFC in safe mode
  
• Reinstalled C++ packages and other requirements for our printing setup
  
• A few registry edits suggested online
  

The user does not have a system restore point set to back up from, and I am trying to avoid having to do a full system reset. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

System environment variable won't stick

Running Win10 Home on an Acer Spin 3, 64bit, i7cpu. I try to add a path to the system environment variables by:

1. Control Panel > System > Advanced system settings > Advanced tab > Environment variables

2. The "Environment Variables" window opens.
3. In the "System Variables" pane I select "Path" and click the EDIT button.
4. A list of the current system paths is displayed.
5. I click the NEW button, browse to the path I want to add which is "C:\Python36-32" and click OK. The path "C:\Python36-32" is added to the list of current system paths.
6. I click OK and am returned to the "Environment Variables" window.
7. I click the "X" at the top right to close the "Environment Variables" window.

Now if I click the "Environment Variables" button again (end of step-1) and repeat steps 2-4, the new path I added in step-5 is gone. IOW, adding a new path won't stick.

What am I doing wrong?

 

The system could not find the environment option that was entered

Hello Shivam,

This problem occurs in situations where Shutdown.exe cannot access the UserDomain environment variable. The shutdown task that is scheduled by using the
at command runs under the System account. When the task is run under the System account, the UserDomain environment variable cannot be accessed because it does not exist. But the issue mostly occurs on server domains.

We would suggest you to try the following steps:

1. Boot your system into
safe mode.

2. Press Windows key + R.

3. Type sysdm.cpl and click OK.

4. Click on "Advanced" tab

5. In "Startup and Recovery", click on "Environment variables"

6. Under "System variables" Click on "New"

7. For "Variable Name", type in windir

8. For "Variable value", type in C:\Windows

9. Click OK on the all the dialog boxes that pop-up.

10. Reboot your system in normal mode.

If, however, your system is connected to normal mode, please refer to the following support article.

Computer Does Not Shut Down and You Receive a "System Could Not Find the Environment Option That Was Entered" Error Message When You Schedule a Shutdown
Task by Using the AT Command

Let us know what happens.