Windows 10: Create Advanced Startup Options Shortcut in Windows 10

How to: Create Advanced Startup Options Shortcut in Windows 10


Information Advanced startup includes the options below and more:

• Start recovery (aka: Windows RE or WinRE), troubleshooting, and diagnostic tools.
• Boot from a disk (ex: USB or DVD) or device (UEFI only)
• Access the PC's firmware (UEFI only)
• Restore Windows from a system image
• Choose which operating system to boot to on PC if multiple operating systems are installed

This tutorial will show how to create or download an Advanced Startup options shortcut that will restart Windows 10 and boot directly to advanced startup options.

CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Download Advanced Startup Options Shortcut
• Option Two: To Create Advanced Startup Options Shortcut

EXAMPLE: Advanced Startup Options









OPTION ONE [/i] To Download Advanced Startup Options Shortcut
1. Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .zip file below.
Advanced_Startup_shortcut.zip

Download
2. Save the .zip file to your desktop.

3. Unblock the .zip file..

4. Open the .zip file, and extract (drag and drop) the shortcut to your desktop.

5. You can assign a keyboard shortcut to, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

6. When finished, you can delete the downloaded .zip file if you like.







OPTION TWO [/i] To Create Advanced Startup Options Shortcut
1. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on your desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut.

2. Copy and paste the location below into the location area, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)
%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe /r /o /f /t 00




3. Type Advanced Startup for the name, and click/tap on the Finish button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: You could name this shortcut anything you would like though.



4. Right click or press and hold on the new shortcut, and click/tap on Properties.

5. Click/tap on the Shortcut tab, then click/tap on the Change Icon button. (see screenshot below)



6. Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)



7. In the line under "Look for icons in this file", copy and paste the location below, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
%windir%\System32\bootux.dll




8. Select the icon highlighted in blue above, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot above)
NOTE: You could use any icon that you would like instead though.

9. Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below step 5)

10. You can assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.


That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Boot to Advanced Startup Options in Windows 10
• How to Add a Boot to Advanced Startup Options context menu in Windows 10

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windows 10 no advanced-startup-options, so no startup settings


when i did 1. 2. 3. steps i checked and problem was SOLVED
but after 4. 5. 6. 7. steps i checked and no advanced startup options again

1. Make a complete backup image of your current HD including all partitions to an external HD using macrium reflect . Once done, disconnect all USB devices from the PC. Assuming now you only have one HD connected to the PC which you will be installing Windows.
   IMPORTANT: Also create a Macrium Rescue disk to boot from later on.
2. Boot up your Windows installation USB/DVD. On the first screen, Hold SHIFT + F10 to open Command Windows then type:
   Diskpart
   select disk 0
   clean
   exit
3. Click Next, Choose Custom, select the unallocated partition then click Next (Do not format), when asked for Product ID key, click on "Skip this step"/"Do it later". Continue the Installation.
4. Once done. With the external HD connected, Reboot your PC with the Macrium Rescue disk, select the image that you created in step 1 as the Source.
5. Select your current HD/SSD as Destination disk
6. Restore only C: Drive to it. ie. overwrite the new C: Drive with your backup C: Drive.
   NOTE: See screen shot on how to perform this step
7. Disconnect all the external devices. Reboot. Windows should perform a startup repair.

till 4. step there was no windows 10 key activeted and problem vas solved
but after step 7 i checked key and it was not the same which i purchased, why did that change? i activated purchased key again.
so is the problem to be a windows 10 key on my pc?
or do some drivers prevent advancedstartup options?

 

windows 10 no advanced-startup-options, so no startup settings

 

Boot to Advanced Startup Options in Windows 10  


Hello streetwolf,

If you like, you could the Advanced Startup shortcut from the tutorial below to make it easy to boot to it as needed from within Windows.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...dows-10-a.html

 

Boot to Advanced Startup Options in Windows 10  

I already tried the shortcut and that also just restarts Windows. I tried all the different ways to do an Advanced Startup restart and I all I get out of them is a normal Windows restart. Really has me baffled.

 

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