Windows 10: rEFInd won't load at boot time :(

I successfully installed rEFInd in Windows 10 in my IdeaPad Flex 5. But it won't work in my desktop pc also with Windows 10. Both devices dual-boot with Pop! OS. I disabled Fast Boot in my desktop just in case to no avail. I believe Secure Boot is also disabled. I am able to call the UEFI menu, but rEFInd won't succeed to load. I just checked and the refind.config file is inside the S:EFI/refind/refind I can't recall where I've got these instructions to install it in Windows, but these are the steps: Get rEFInd.Expand the ZIP file, and copy the resulting folder to C:Open Command Prompt AdminEnter command line: Mountvol S: /SIn the same terminal move two levels up to C: (cd..)xcopy /E refind-bin-0.13.2 S:\efi\refind\S:cd EFI\refind\refindrename refind.conf-sample Enter command line: refind.conf-sample refind.configEnter command line: bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path\EFI\refind\refind\refind_x64.efiDone! Like I said, that's exactly what I did before for the laptop, and other desktop pc without a problem. This desktop pc still does have the necessary files in the right place, and still won't work. Additionally, I just opened bcdedit in the Command Prompt Terminal and it does show that the REFIND_X64.EFI file is in its correct path: \EFI\REFIND\REFIND\ Any ideas will be greatly appreciated DPC

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Windows 10 is not found after installing rEFInd (boot manager)






I am setting a dual boot with W10 and Linux Mint.
These are the steps I followed:
1. I had W10 installed in the HD.
2. I added a SSD, and unplugged the HD (with W10)
3. I installed LM in the SSD.
4. Plugged back the HD.
5. Booted up. W10 loaded.
6. I installed rEFInd in the S drive (where the EFI directory is located).
7. I get this error you see in the image.

In the BIOS, Windows Manager was setup to be the first boot. Ubuntu as the 2nd (Linux Mint shows as Ubuntu here).
After that error, I swapped them up. So now Ubuntu was the first boot.
This allowed me to load LM.
I just installed rEFInd via the PPA in LM as adviced in the rEFInd instructions. Hopefully this will do the trick.
I'll reboot now... wish me luck!

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It worked!
From now on, I'll just install rEFInd via the PPA in LM.

Hopefully this could help someone.

 

Windows 10 Boot Menu Problem (Have to load OS manually every time)

cereberus & lx07, I tried both of your suggestions.
First, I checked EFI/Microsoft/Boot/en-US/bootmgfw.efi.mui and it loaded OS normally. So then using EasyUEFI I changed "Windows Boot Manager" to top of Boot Menu as lx07 mentioned. Then I restarted the system to check its working, the same error is arised as I explained in this Thread.
Then, I tried my luck with Macrium Reflect as cereberus mentioned. Here are the images of them







It asked for restart and I restarted with same error and manual loading of OS.

But the strange thing now happened is that when I manually loaded my OS after above steps, Windows Boot Manager is not shown in EasyUEFI then I tried lx07's suggestion of Keeping rEFInd Booting#bcdedit
Now Finally this is what shown in EasyUEFI




Boot Options Menu of my Laptop - For Reference

 

Windows 10 Boot Menu Problem (Have to load OS manually every time)

Something weird is going on here. Those Macrium screens are what you get it a legacy bios pc not a uefi pc.

Some pcs are clever enough to boot from a uefi installation even if bios is set to boot from legacy bios.

Are you sure the bios is set to boot from uefi first?