Restart Vista in safe mode

[Baud]

Hello,
Being logged in Vista, I would like to restart it in safe mode without using
the F8 option.
I saw MSCONFIG can be parametrized to do so.
Is there another way, for instance with a "dos-like" command ?

Thanks!

 

[Jon]

Hello,
Being logged in Vista, I would like to restart it in safe mode without
using the F8 option.
I saw MSCONFIG can be parametrized to do so.
Is there another way, for instance with a "dos-like" command ?

Thanks!

Sure. You could do it with these 2 commands (run elevated eg in a batch
file) .....

bcdedit /set {current} safeboot Minimal
shutdown /r /t 0

 

[Baud]

Sure. You could do it with these 2 commands (run elevated eg in a batch
file) .....

bcdedit /set {current} safeboot Minimal
shutdown /r /t 0

Thank you Jon for your quick answer.
Is the BCDEDIT change you mention permanent, or only for the next reboot?

 

[Jon]

Thank you Jon for your quick answer.
Is the BCDEDIT change you mention permanent, or only for the next reboot?

I would suspect that it's a permanent change, but you could test it out with
a couple of reboots to make sure.

To revert to 'normal' booting, you could use a similar command.

cmd /c bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot

 

[Jon]

To revert to 'normal' booting, you could use a similar command.

cmd /c bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot

Sorry that should have been

bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot

No need for the 'cmd /c'