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Boot to UEFI Firmware Settings In Windows 10

In Windows 10, there are two ways to boot directly to the UEFI Firmware settings from inside the running OS. You can use the GUI or the command prompt. Here is how it can be done.

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Many modern PCs run the installed OS in UEFI mode. UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a modern version of firmware created as a replacement for BIOS. It is intended to address the limitations of BIOS and make the initial hardware configuration more flexible and simple. Microsoft started supporting EFI installation of Windows, with the release of 64-bit Windows Vista. This means that you can install 64-bit versions of Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.1 and Windows 10 on UEFI hardware. Additionally, starting with Windows 8, UEFI 2.0 support is also added for 32-bit editions besides 64-bit.

To boot to UEFI Firmware Settings from inside Windows 10, do the following.

  1. Open the Start menu and click Settings.
  2. Go to Update and security -> Recovery:Windows 10 update and recovery
  3. There you will find Advanced startup. Click the Restart now button.

Tip: See how to open Advanced Startup Options Automatically in Windows 10. Also, you can boot Windows 10 into Advanced Startup Options faster.

Once Advanced Startup Options appear on the screen, do the following.

  1. Click the Troubleshoot item.
  2. Click Advanced Options on the next screen.Windows 10 troubleshoot
  3. There, click on the UEFI Firmware Settings item.Uefi Firmware Settings Advanced Options Startup

Alternatively, you can use the console utility shutdown. In Windows 10, it has been extended with a special option to go to the UEFI Firmware settings directly.

Boot to UEFI Firmware Settings using command prompt

  1. Open an elevated command prompt.
  2. Type or copy-paste the following command:
    shutdown /r /fw

    This command will show you a warning message before Windows 10 restarts.
    Alternatively, you can use the following command:

    shutdown /r /fw /t 0

    Windows 10 will go to UEFI Firmware Settings instantly.

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Author: Sergey Tkachenko

Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer who started Winaero back in 2011. On this blog, Sergey is writing about everything connected to Microsoft, Windows and popular software. Follow him on Telegram, Twitter, and YouTube.

One thought on “Boot to UEFI Firmware Settings In Windows 10”

  1. Woah. Never knew from the cmd! That’s pretty sick! Thanks a bunch!

    My grain of salt would be:

    Shift + Hitting Restart (It doesn’t matter if it’s via the win + x menu, or the power button, it also works) as an alternative to going to settings and hitting “Advanced startup”

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