Question Startup settings not showing on win 11

[victorb17]

I am extremely familiar with windows startup settings as I have to disable driver enforcement for work. I have never had startup settings not show up. I have tried all the ways of getting to the startup settings page (hold shift, through recovery settings, etc), nothing changes. Has anyone seen this?

Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Build 22631.3447

Thanks!


https://photos.app.goo.gl/Rm9QD3CCkpAki6Hn6

 

[Ralston18]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs.

Clarify:

"I have to disable driver enforcement for work."

What exactly is being done and why?

 

[victorb17]

We develop custom hardware, software and drivers. We stress test drivers on many computers. So we disable DSE. We got a new pc and it won't let us do this.


Device name DESKTOP-21J021A
Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900K 3.00 GHz
Installed RAM 64.0 GB (63.7 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 23H2
Installed on ‎4/‎19/‎2023
OS build 22631.3447
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22688.1000.0

Are there specific things you need for the system specs?

Thanks.

 

[35below0]

Is this the setting that doesn't show up?

https://imgur.com/pKG4T18

View: https://i.imgur.com/pKG4T18.png

Is that where it previously showed up?
Or different startup settings? Startup Apps maybe?

Can you find it by typing into search? (Hit WinKey, type query)

I'm on the same version & build, except i'm Home. Not Pro. Haven't installed any updates for a while.

 

[victorb17]

I'm talking about this one:

https://images.app.goo.gl/DfbucQAfjsoLkapR6

 

[Ralston18]

Which method or methods presented in the link fail?

And what window or error message or other result is presented when a failure occurs?

Are you able to take a photographs of the screens and then post the photographs here via imgur (www.imgur.com)?

 

[victorb17]

Not sure what you mean by which method? Any method you choose to access the windows boot menu. Such as holding shift while clicking restart.

I am not getting any error or messages. It acts as if it is completely normal. I thought maybe the location had changed in a recent update, but everything I can find online shows that it is still in the same place. Which is "hold shift + restart" -> troubleshooting -> advanced options -> Startup Settings

Here is my advanced options screen, every other screen is normal and as it should be:

https://imgur.com/a/tYYbPs5

View: https://imgur.com/a/tYYbPs5

 

[Colif]

System image recovery is the odd choice there, it replaced Startup settings... it can show if you boot off USB, it shouldn't be there if you went there via windows.

what appears on that menu has changed in windows versions.
A recent screenshot shows the order is

1. Startup repair
2. Startup Settings
3. Command Prompt
4. UEFI Settings
5. System Restore

try updating win 11? You not on latest build... right version though.

Does make it hard to get to safe mode... I know it doesn't show if you aren't at least at the logon screen when you go into winre, it should show if you go in via settings though.

tried running sfc/dism?

open powershell (admin)
copy/paste this command into window:

Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth

and press enter

Then type SFC /scannow

and press enter

Restart PC if SFC fixes any files as some fixes require a restart to be implemented

First command repairs the files SFC uses to clean files, and SFC fixes system files

SFC = System File Checker. First command runs DISM - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/what-is-dism?view=windows-11

I would think a DISM command would be used to fix as it fixes the Image files.


Here is another way to try to get to Safe Mode.

Boot to the Command Prompt of your boot disk. Enter these BOLD commands and press ENTER after each.

(Note the colon after C with no space; then the spaces which are important - one after T before / & T before { & } before B & Y before L)

C:

BCDEDIT /SET {DEFAULT} BOOTMENUPOLICY LEGACY

EXIT

You are back to the boot screen -> Shutdown the computer.

Boot back up and "immediately" start tapping F8 (That means power button - then F8).

Hopefully that should get you into Safe Mode.

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To reverse that you can use the same steps and type these (again note spaces)

C:

BCDEDIT /SET {DEFAULT} BOOTMENUPOLICY STANDARD

Restart but F8 will not work now.

 

[Colif]

this is ReagentC again... I thought it only effected win 10?

reagentc is responsible for adding the menu items

use reagentc /enable on the command line (admin)

The /enable option runs automatically during the specialize configuration pass. If you don't specify a Windows RE boot image, the computer attempts to enable Windows RE by using the default Winre.wim file from the \Windows\System32\Recovery folder.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/w...reagentc-command-line-options?view=windows-11