How exactly do you get into the Advanced Options screen in W10?
I Can No Longer Access the Windows 10 Advanced Startup Options
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any idea if changing the "number of processors" thing in msconfig/boot/advanced has any impact on performance? i enabled all 4 cores but havent noticed anything, can someone explain?
Apparently you hold shift while selecting โrestartโ from the power options and then itโll bring it up but I have about a 50% success rate doing it this way. Half the time itโll just black screen and Iโll be forced to hard reset my PC. Also trying to access Advanced Options screen from the recover page in Settings is also very inconsistent as sometimes itโll bring up the advanced options screen for about half a second and then either restart itself before I can click anything or just lock up entirely.
Am I doing it wrong, is there a certain timing to when you hold the shift key down and stuff?
PC works fine everywhere else just really a coin toss whether I can get into advanced options anytime I attempt.
Just create a new shortcut with:
shutdown.exe /r /o /f /t 0
shutdown /?
/r Full shutdown and restart the computer
/o Go to the advanced boot options menu and restart the computer.
/f Force running applications to close without forewarning users.
/fw Combine with a shutdown option to cause the next boot to go to the firmware ui.
/t xxx Set the time-out period before shutdown to xxx seconds.
Update:
OP mentioned his laptop is crashing and can't even boot, so the original question is deceiving.
For that case, this would be more fitting answer:
You just have to keep at it.
Because it's a laptop, it's harder since you don't have a reset button.
After Power ON keep holding the button pressed until shutdown.
It's needed 3 times, and timing is everything.
If still unsuccessful you should check out your laptop manual and find what key brings you to BIOS/UEFI setup. Then spam that key as soon as you hit the power button. Once in BIOS/UEFI, disable any Fast Boot options.
Another solution would be to connect an external keyboard - it's usually more reliable.
And finally, connecting a bootable device such as a dvd or usb stick can also break the loop. There is probably also a hotkey to launch a boot menu, such as ESC, F1, F2, F8, F11, F12.
Is there any way to boot into the advanced startup menu in Windows 10?
- Launch Settings
- Search for "Advanced Startup"

- Press the Restart now button

- Done