Quick Tip: How to Boot into Safe Mode on Windows 10

Booting into Safe Mode on a Windows 10 computer is more difficult than you’d be tempted to believe, as the dedicated F8 key (or other key depending on PC manufacturer) being pressed during the booting process no longer works to trigger this troubleshooting mode.

There are several ways to boot into Safe Mode and today we’re going to discuss the easiest of them, though tech-savvy users will probably prefer running the commands because they can be used in scripts or batch files to enable this mode faster.

#1 – The method you didn’t know it existed

The easiest way to reboot your system in Safe Mode is to click the Start menu, go to the power options and press the Shift button when clicking Restart. This trick will restart your computer to the Advanced Options screen, and from there click Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup settings > Restart.

#2 – The manual method

If pressing Shift + Restart is too ...