How to Disable / Enable F8 Advanced Boot Options in Windows 10

This guide explains how to disable / Enable F8 Advanced Boot Options in Windows 10, with clear steps, practical tips, and important checks before you begin.

The Advanced Boot Options screen is the old black screen when booting as in Windows 7 and earlier Windows. Advanced Startup Options lets you start Windows in advanced troubleshooting modes such as Advanced Startup Options. However, you can access the Advanced Boot Options screen by turning on the computer and continuing to press the key F8before Windows starts.

This guide will show you how to enable or disable the old F8 Advanced Boot Options screen when booting in Windows 10.

Note:

• You must be logged in as an administrator to enable or disable the F8 Advanced Boot Options screen.
• If you have enabled Fast Boot in the UEFI firmware installation, then you will not be able to boot the Advanced Boot Options screen, as you will not have time to press F8 before Windows boots.
• If you dual boot Windows 10 with another Windows Supported operating systems and have Advanced Boot Options turned on, you will always see the below Windows Boot Manager screen first when booting.

Disable / enable F8 Advanced Boot Options using the displaybootmenu command

1. Open Command Prompt with admin rights or Command Prompt when booting.

2. Perform step 3 (to enable) or step 4 (to disable), depending on what you want to do.

3. To activate the F8 Advanced Boot Options screen in Windows 10, enter the command below in the Command Prompt, press Enterand go to step 5.

bcdedit /set {bootmgr} displaybootmenu yes

Activate the F8 Advanced Boot Options screen in Windows 10

4. To disable the F8 Advanced Boot Options screen in Windows 10, enter the command below in the Command Prompt, press Enterand go to step 5.

bcdedit /set {bootmgr} displaybootmenu no

Disable the F8 Advanced Boot Options screen in Windows 10

5. When done, close the Command Prompt if you like.

Disable / enable F8 Advanced Boot Options with the bootmenupolicy command

Note : If you have multiple boot operating systems, this option is handy to be able to specify which Supported operating systems you want to disable / enable F8 Advanced Boot Options.

1. Open Command Prompt with admin rights or Command Prompt when booting.

2. Enter bcdedit in the Command Prompt and press Enter.

3. In the Windows Boot Manager section , look to the right of the default and note what is in the identifier (for example, "{current}" ). This is the default Supported operating systems.

Note the default and identifier sections

4. Perform step 5 (to enable) or step 6 (to disable), depending on what you want to do.

5. To activate the F8 Advanced Boot Options screen in Windows 10, enter the command below in the Command Prompt, press Enterand go to step 7.

bcdedit /set {identifier} bootmenupolicy Legacy

F8 Advanced Boot Options screen activation command

Note: Replace the identifier in the above command with the actual identifier (for example, {current} ) from step 3 for the default Supported operating systems.

For example:

bcdedit /set {current} bootmenupolicy Legacy

6. To disable the F8 Advanced Boot Options screen in Windows 10, enter the command below in the Command Prompt, press Enterand go to step 7.

bcdedit /set {identifier} bootmenupolicy Standard

Command disables F8 Advanced Boot Options screen

Note : Replace the identifier in the above command with the actual identifier (for example, {current} ) from step 3 for the default Supported operating systems.

For example:

bcdedit /set {current} bootmenupolicy Standard

7. When done, you can close the Command Prompt if you like.