This tutorial will show you how to add Boot to Advanced Startup to the desktop context menu for all users in Windows 11.
The Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is a companion operating system installed alongside Windows 11, typically in a separate partition, that can help with troubleshooting, recovery, or booting from external media, such as a USB stick.
Advanced startup enables you to perform these actions:
- Start recovery (aka: Windows RE or WinRE), troubleshooting, and diagnostic tools.
- Boot from a disk (ex: USB or DVD) or device (UEFI only)
- Access the PC's UEFI firmware
- Restore Windows from a system image
- Choose default operating system to boot to on PC if multiple operating systems are installed
If you boot into Advanced startup often, then you could add Boot to Advanced Startup to the desktop context menu to make it easier.
You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the "Boot to Advanced Startup" context menu.
EXAMPLE: "Boot to Advanced Startup" context menu and Advanced Startup (WinRE)
You will need to click/tap on Show more options first by default, then click/tap on Boot to Advanced Startup.
Here's How:
1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.
2 Add "Boot to Advanced Startup" context menu
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Add_Boot_to_Advanced_Startup_context_menu.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\AdvancedStartup]
"icon"="shell32.dll,-16826"
"MUIVerb"="Boot to Advanced Startup"
"Position"="Bottom"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\AdvancedStartup\command]
@="shutdown.exe /r /o /f /t 00"3 Remove "Boot to Advanced Startup" context menu
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Remove_Boot_to_Advanced_Startup_context_menu.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\AdvancedStartup]4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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