How to Boot to Safe Mode from cold start?

[clutchc]

Since Win 10 and UEFI, it seems one can't get F8 to trigger safe mode anymore. Is there any hidden shortcut to get to safe mode from a cold start.

I'm aware that eventually after several failed boot attempts, Win will finally enter the Recovery Environment and allow entering safe mode that way.
And I know I can enter safe mode after booting to Win by holding the shift key while restarting.

 

[r315r4z0r]

As far as I'm aware, there is no way to trigger, specifically, safe mode from a cold start anymore. A few weeks ago I had a situation where I needed to do just that but after about an hour of research, I learned that because of the optimizations Microsoft made in how Windows boots up, it is no longer possible to give any bootup commands from a cold start due to how fast Windows is now loaded.

The only methods I'm aware of is to boot from a recovery drive or to intentionally interrupt the boot process 2-4 times to trigger the Recovery Environment.

 

[clutchc]

Thanks for the feedback. I think too it is a lost cause. Win is becoming less and less user friendly. Pretty soon, it will be like Apple's OS.