How To Skip Or Hide Windows Boot Manager In Vista And Windows 7
Posted June 21, 2011 – 4:38 pm in: Vista Tweaks, Windows 7 GuidesI have installed Windows 7 (x64) in triple-boot with Vista and Windows 7 (x86) operating systems. Windows 7 SP1 (x64) is my primary operating system and I boot into Windows 7 (x86) and Vista just once or twice in a month. Though I am happy with Windows 7, I get irritated whenever I reboot my PC to complete Windows update installation or to finish other software installation.
The problem is Windows Boot Manager which appears when you have two or more boot entries. Though one can reduce the boot menu timeout in System Configuration tool, you can’t completely skip or hide the boot menu using System Configuration utility.
If you are running Windows 7 in dual boot with Vista or Windows 8, you might want to hide the boot menu especially if you are not using other operating systems. For example, if you use Windows 7 on a regular basis, you can set the default OS as Windows 7, and then skip or hide the boot menu to avoid selecting the OS every time you turn on your PC.
Since System Configuration utility in Windows doesn’t allow you skip or hide the boot menu, you need to use the native Startup and Recovery utility. You can also use the popular EasyBCD software for the same job.
Here is how to skip boot menu in Vista and Windows 7:
1. Right-click on the Computer icon present on your desktop and select Properties to open System Properties window. You can also use Windows + Pause/Break keys to quickly launch System Properties.
2. In the left pane, click Advanced system settings to lunch System Properties dialog- box.
3. Under Advanced tab, click Startup and Recovery Settings and then disable Time to display list of operating systems option. You can also change the default operating system in the boot menu (boot manager) by selecting another operating system entry in the drop down list. Click Ok button to save the change.
4. You are done! From now onwards, Boot Manager will not appear during startup. The default OS will automatically be loaded every time you switch on or restart your PC. Enjoy!
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8 Comments
The problem comes around is if you do happen to use it for than one OS that you want accessable to you. How do you get to them?
@Robert
You can see Windows Boot Manager option by enabling “Time to display list of operating systems” option in Startup and Recovery.
if you boot into win7x64 and x86 does that mean you have two seperate licenses? i have x64/x86 disks but i believed that only one could be used with the one license i have?
Yes, I have separate licenses.
By ‘Skip’ or ‘Hide’, I don’t expect the boot menu to show at all. This is not the case on my Win7 because it still flashes briefly during the boot process. Is there a way to get rid of that too?
Click-click, you can use EasyBCD software to hide Windows Boot Manager.
That can be done with bcdedit too:
bcdedit /set {} displaybootmenu No
Bootmenu still flashes at you.
I’ve come to the conclusion that the only way to get rid of seeing the flashing bootmenu is to /export the original BCD that shows all entries and then remove all but the default system entry. If you want to select a different system, you need to import the original BCD back again.