This article will demonstrate how to restart a Windows computer in to safe mode using the command prompt.
Step 1
From the command prompt type in the following and press Enter
bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal
If you want to restart using Safe Mode with Networking type in:
bcdedit /set {current} safeboot network
Step 2
Restart the computer using the following command:
shutdown /r
Note: After you have finished working on the computer in safe mode you will need to enter the following command before restarting to enter normal operation again:
bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot
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Thank you for this steps! For some reason my pc doesn’t recognise boot into safe mode input to select from troubleshooting steps (shift+restart).
This helped me to get into safe mode with no issues. Thanks again!