Restart Vista in safe mode

"Jon" <Email_Address.DeleteThis@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
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> "Baud" <baud.DeleteThis@do.not.use.it> wrote in message
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>> Hello,
>> Being logged in Vista, I would like to restart it in safe mode without
>> using the F8 option.
>> I saw MSCONFIG can be parametrized to do so.
>> Is there another way, for instance with a "dos-like" command ?
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> Sure. You could do it with these 2 commands (run elevated eg in a batch
> file) .....
>
> bcdedit /set {current} safeboot Minimal
> shutdown /r /t 0
>
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> Jon
>
Thank you Jon for your quick answer.
Is the BCDEDIT change you mention permanent, or only for the next reboot?

"Baud" <baud DeleteThis @do.not.use.it> wrote in message
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> Thank you Jon for your quick answer.
> Is the BCDEDIT change you mention permanent, or only for the next reboot?


I would suspect that it's a permanent change, but you could test it out with
a couple of reboots to make sure.

To revert to 'normal' booting, you could use a similar command.

cmd /c bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot

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Jon

"Jon" <Email_Address.DeleteThis@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
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> To revert to 'normal' booting, you could use a similar command.
>
> cmd /c bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot
>


Sorry that should have been

bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot

No need for the 'cmd /c'

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Jon