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a4nic8er
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| Re: Windows 7 boot manager editing questions Running command prompt as administrator (AT YOUR OWN RISK)...
BCDEDIT - Boot Configuration Data Store Editor
The Bcdedit.exe command-line tool modifies the boot configuration data store.
The boot configuration data store contains boot configuration parameters and
controls how the operating system is booted. These parameters were previously
in the Boot.ini file (in BIOS-based operating systems) or in the nonvolatile
RAM entries (in Extensible Firmware Interface-based operating systems). You can
use Bcdedit.exe to add, delete, edit, and append entries in the boot
configuration data store.
For detailed command and option information, type bcdedit.exe /? . For
example, to display detailed information about the /createstore command, type:
bcdedit.exe /? /createstore
For an alphabetical list of topics in this help file, run "bcdedit /? TOPICS".
Commands that operate on a store
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/createstore Creates a new and empty boot configuration data store.
/export Exports the contents of the system store to a file. This file
can be used later to restore the state of the system store.
/import Restores the state of the system store using a backup file
created with the /export command.
/sysstore Sets the system store device (only affects EFI systems, does
not persist across reboots, and is only used in cases where
the system store device is ambiguous).
Commands that operate on entries in a store
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/copy Makes copies of entries in the store.
/create Creates new entries in the store.
/delete Deletes entries from the store.
/mirror Creates mirror of entries in the store.
Run bcdedit /? ID for information about identifiers used by these commands.
Commands that operate on entry options
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/deletevalue Deletes entry options from the store.
/set Sets entry option values in the store.
Run bcdedit /? TYPES for a list of datatypes used by these commands.
Run bcdedit /? FORMATS for a list of valid data formats.
Commands that control output
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/enum Lists entries in the store.
/v Command-line option that displays entry identifiers in full,
rather than using names for well-known identifiers.
Use /v by itself as a command to display entry identifiers
in full for the ACTIVE type.
Running "bcdedit" by itself is equivalent to running "bcdedit /enum ACTIVE".
Commands that control the boot manager
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/bootsequence Sets the one-time boot sequence for the boot manager.
/default Sets the default entry that the boot manager will use.
/displayorder Sets the order in which the boot manager displays the
multiboot menu.
/timeout Sets the boot manager time-out value.
/toolsdisplayorder Sets the order in which the boot manager displays
the tools menu.
Commands that control Emergency Management Services for a boot application
==========================================================================
/bootems Enables or disables Emergency Management Services
for a boot application.
/ems Enables or disables Emergency Management Services for an
operating system entry.
/emssettings Sets the global Emergency Management Services parameters.
Command that control debugging
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/bootdebug Enables or disables boot debugging for a boot application.
/dbgsettings Sets the global debugger parameters.
/debug Enables or disables kernel debugging for an operating system
entry.
/hypervisorsettings Sets the hypervisor parameters.
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a4nic8er
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1 edit | Re: Windows 7 boot manager editing questions Start Menu > All Programs > Accessories > (right-click & "Run as administrator") Command prompt
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join:2001-06-01
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·Future Nine Corpor..
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| Re: Windows 7 boot manager editing questions Thanks, it appears my cmd window now has sufficient authority.
At the same time, I'm not sure how to change the name of say my Windows 64 boot manager entry.
This command looks dangerous, in that a mistake could require me to re-install both my operating systems.
The output of my command looks like this -
bcdedit /enum
Windows Boot Manager
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identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {96a7ebcf-df97-11dd-8f0a-85d9328ede29}
displayorder {current}
{96a7ebcc-df97-11dd-8f0a-85d9328ede29}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 7
Windows Boot Loader
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identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {96a7ebd1-df97-11dd-8f0a-85d9328ede29}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {96a7ebcf-df97-11dd-8f0a-85d9328ede29}
nx OptIn
Windows Boot Loader
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identifier {96a7ebcc-df97-11dd-8f0a-85d9328ede29}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {96a7ebcd-df97-11dd-8f0a-85d9328ede29}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {96a7ebcb-df97-11dd-8f0a-85d9328ede29}
nx OptIn
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Sc0tt
Kneedragger
Premium
join:2000-11-13
Stockholm, NJ
·PenTeleData
| you can change default boot OS by right clicking my computer, and selecting properties. then on the left, advanced system settings. click advanced, then settings under startup and recovery. you can also change the duration of the boot manager there.
changing the name, see above post by a4nic8er | |
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randavis
74 Challenger 440 4bbl
join:2000-01-19
Blue Springs, MO
| In Vista, I used a program called Easy BCDEdit. It is basically a gui for the commands above. For me, it is a little easier to navigate. I haven't tried it in Win 7. When I installed Win 7 on my machine, I booted back into Vista 64-bit and ran the program to edit the entries names and to set the default. | |
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DGDTrathole
join:2000-05-07
Newmarket, NH
1 edit | Re: Windows 7 boot manager editing questions randavis is correct...this is the easy way to do it...and
there are others besides easybcd...so do it the hard way or the easy way...your choice...LOL
go here:
»neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1
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Pete0403
@rogers.com
| Thank-you a4nic8er!
I was looking for this and am more comfortable with command line entries than installing third-party software to edit vital info for my OS.
Now my "Older version of Windows" has its proper name.  | |
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Pete0403
@rogers.com
| Now I have a problem with bcdedit When I try to run it (as administrator) it says that it can't open it because it can't find the specified file.
What I want to do is boot both XP and Win7 from GRUB rather than using GRUB and the Windows Boot Manager. When I boot from GRUB into WinXP it brings up the Boot Manager and I can boot into Win7 from there.
But when I try to boot from GRUB to Win7, it doesn't find the OS.
XP has only XP listed in the OS list. Win7 has no OSes listed in the OS list.
Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
Thanks! | |
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qurly63
@com.au | Thanks guys!
Very helpful. Exactly what I was looking for  | |
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