Solved Remove Windows Boot Manager and one other minor problem?

When I start my PowerSpec B746 desktop there is a entry for Windows Boot Manager. If I select it I get an error because there is nothing for it to boot from. I want to remove this boot option but it doesn't show in msconfig or in Easybcd. Is there a way to remove this entry. Another problem I'm having is accessing the BIOS on my Asrock Z490 motherboard. I have tried F2, Delete and Esc. wih no success. I have to either hold the shift key when selecting restart or watch the start menu so I can choose the option before Windows starts.

Open admin command and try:
%SystemRoot%\System32\Cmd.exe /c shutdown /r /fw /t 00
The command should reboot to BIOS
Do you mean the entry from boot menu ? If so you might have to reset the BIOS to default, sometimes the firmware cache does not get clear.

you can use diskgenius free version to do it from within windows



select the entry you want to remove and then click the Delete button

@SIW2

I have tried this before, it won't work
Boot0000 is my current Windows
Boot 001 is the Windows I removed the ssd disk but still stuck on boot menu

@SIW2 , I only see two entries. One is my WD Black NVMe ( Windows 11 Canary) and my Samsung SSD (Windows 11 24H2). These are my Windows boot drives. There is nothing about any other boot options. I'm dual booting Windows Canary and Windows 11 24H2 from separate drives. I also have Macrium Reflect and AOMEI Backupper added to the boot menu. Nothing shows the Windows Boot Manager. If it's in the UFEI BIOS I don't know were to look so I can delete it. When I click on Windows Boot Manager I get a error and then after waiting the computer reboots.

Topgundcp said:

Open admin command and try:
%SystemRoot%\System32\Cmd.exe /c shutdown /r /fw /t 00
The command should reboot to BIOS
Do you mean the entry from boot menu ? If so you might have to reset the BIOS to default, sometimes the firmware cache does not get clear.

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Resetting my UFEI BIOS back to default worked. When my computer restarted I did have to use my MS password to boot into Windows and setup my pin # again. I also had to add Macrium back to the Start Menu. I still need to add AOMEI but I have to boot into my Canary build where I have it installed. It's one of my licensed programs I need to move from Canary to my 24H2 Build. I'm doing my licensed programs slowly and only with the programs I feel that I want to use in 24H2. When I looked in the BIOS I think that the entry was the first option shown. The other entries showed the name of the boot option. For example Win 11 24H2, Win 11 (Canary), Macrium and Aomei. I think it was the first option because it only listed as Windows Boot Manager and no name. How it got there is a mystery to me. I'm sure it was something I did. I just don't know what it was.

@Topgundcp , I saved your boot command as a .bat file so that I can use it when ever needed. I still don't know why one of the F-keys, Delete key or Escape key didn't work.

Winuser said:

@Topgundcp , I saved your boot command as a .bat file so that I can use it when ever needed. I still don't know why one of the F-keys, Delete key or Escape key didn't work.

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I don't own Asrock MB but in my MSI mother board has an option for Fast Boot which will disable keys to get into BIOS