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Change Boot Menu Time-out to Choose an Operating System in Windows 11

If you have more than on operating system installed on your computer, you will see a boot options menu at startup to Choose an operating system.

You can change how long to wait idle on the Choose an operating system screen before the default operating system runs automatically. The default boot menu time-out value is 30 seconds.

This tutorial will show you how to change the boot menu time-out value in Windows 10 and Windows 11.

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Open Command Prompt at Boot in Windows 11

The Command shell is an entry point for typing commands in the Command Prompt window. By typing commands at the command prompt, you can perform tasks on your computer without using the Windows GUI.

If you are troubleshooting or unable to open a command prompt from within Windows 11, you can open a command prompt at boot to use instead.

This tutorial will show you how to open an elevated command prompt at boot in Windows 11.

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How to Delete Boot Loader Entry on Boot Menu at Startup in Windows

If you have more than one operating system installed on your PC, you will see a Choose an operation system (Windows Boot Manager) screen at startup with the name (description) of each installed OS (boot loader entry) listed on the boot options menu.

This tutorial will show you how to delete a boot loader entry of an installed operating system on the boot options menu at startup in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

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If you have more than one operating system installed on your PC, you will see a Choose an operation system (Windows Boot Manager) screen at startup with the name (description) of each installed OS (boot loader entry) listed on the boot options menu.

By default, the last OS installed will have its boot loader entry listed first in order on the boot options menu, but you can set the boot loader entries to be in any order you want displayed on the boot options menu at startup.

This tutorial will show you how to change the boot entry display order of installed operating systems in the boot options menu at startup in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

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