Windows 10: How can i add ubuntu to windows 10 bootmanager on a UEFI system ?

I want to dual boot ubuntu along with my windows 10 os which is installed on the first storage device. The system is eufi and gpt based. I installed the ubuntu to the second storage device, created swap, efi and ext4 root partitions for ubuntu while installing all on the second storage device. So basically I don't want the grub bootloader because it is ugly. So I want to add ubuntu to windows bootloader. Googled about it a lot and found almost no relevant answer, they are all about mbr and bios systems. So here you can see easyBCD is not working as windows in efi mode. is there any fix for this so I can have ubuntu to the windows 10 boot manager ?


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Dual boot Windows 10 & Ubuntu UEFI


You need to do 2 things.

First set your NVRAM to boot the Windows boot manager, not grub. Normally the last thing you installed (or upgraded) will try to grab it for itself. You can reset it in Windows by running bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \efi\microsoft\boot\bootmgfw.efi and note you may have to re-do this step if upgrading other OS as it will reset the path to \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi or whatever (depending on your version).

See : BCD System Store Settings for UEFI | Microsoft Docs

Next you need to add a entry to the Windows boot list using bcdedit. This is described here : dual boot - I need to see the BCDedit for a windows10/ubuntu install both by wubi and by seperate partition - Ask Ubuntu

Make sure you use the path \EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi as this will work with both secure boot on or off. You can apparently use EasyUEFI to do this but I never found it very intuitive so gave up on it.

Personally I use rEFInd as a boot manager which will pick up Windows and most Linux installs (either EFI or legacy) without having to do anything.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Windows 10 Update always messing up dual boot menu with Ubuntu

Dear Mr. Samie:

The computer came initially installed with Microsoft Windows 7. I am using Acer 3750G and was purchased way back in May 2011. It has Intel i5-2410M processor on Acer Motherboad. It doesn't have UEFI as boot option, so I have installed it with BIOS (Legacy mode).

I recall trying the above steps earlier but it was not of much help at that time. Would the above steps change if I am having Legacy boot option instead of UEFI?

Warm regards,

Naseef