This tutorial will show you how long it takes Windows 11 to restart and get back to the desktop.
You can also view the startup logs in Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) in the Applications and Services Logs (takes a moment to load) > Microsoft > Windows > Diagnostics-Performance > Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational log. The logs will be in the middle to show you what ran at startup, how long it took, and more.
Here's How:
1 Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .bat file below.
Restart-Time.bat
(Contents of BAT file for reference)
Code:
:: This script was created by Matthew Wai at TenForums.com/members/matthew-wai.html
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:: Edited by johnlgalt to chenge file save path to %PUBLIC% to accommodate
:: moved \Users folders.
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@echo off & mode con cols=54 lines=5 & For /F "skip=1 tokens=*" %%# in (
'"PowerShell Get-Date -DisplayHint DateTime"') DO (Set "ET=%%#")
Title Measure the restart time & color 17 & Set "[U]=($ET-$ST).TotalSeconds"
Set "[N]=Measure_the_restart_time_via_a_batch_script_provided_by_TenForums"
Set "[F]=%PUBLIC%" & Set "[C]=[DateTime]::parse" & color 17
Set "[K]=HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft"&Set "[I]= seconds to completely restart Windows."
Set "[S]=%[F]%\%[N]%.log" & Set "[L]= It took " & Set "[P]=PowerShell.exe -Command "
If exist "%[S]%" (Echo.& Goto [Post_restart]) else (Echo.
Echo Please firstly close all running applications.
Echo Then press a key to restart Windows. & Pause>Nul & MD "%[F]%" 2>Nul
REG Add "%[K]%\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "%[N]%" /T REG_SZ /D """"%~f0"""" /F>Nul
%[P]%Get-Date -DisplayHint DateTime>"%[S]%" && Shutdown -r -f -t 00 & Exit)
:[Post_restart]
For /f "delims=" %%# in ('"Type "%[S]%""') Do (set "ST=%%#")
%[P]%"&{$ST=%[C]%('%ST%');$ET=%[C]%('%ET%');echo (-join('%[L]%',%[U]%,'%[I]%'));}"
Del "%[S]%" & REG Delete "%[K]%\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "%[N]%" /F>Nul
Echo You may press a key to close this window. & Pause>Nul & Exit
::—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————2 Save the BAT file to your desktop.
3 Unblock and run the BAT file.
4 When prompted, close all running apps, then press a key to restart Windows. (see screenshot below)
5 You will see your Windows restart time shortly after the computer has finished restarting and you are back on the desktop. (see screenshot below)
6 You can now delete the BAT file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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