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by topesblues

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I now have to PCs that automatically go to the menu where you can select safe mode, regular mode, command prompt only, ect. I thought that there was an option or a setting that can be selected if you want that menu to appear or not but I can?t remember where it is. anyone have an Idea??
Thanks in advance,,

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by ann777

Sorry, wrong key. It's BootMenu=1 that enables the startup menu. Change it back to 0 and you should be fine.

by rcom

run msconfig.exe and select the advanced button in the general settings tab. It is one of the choices in the list to enable/disable the startup menu.

by svrarvind

Display Stat Up Menu without Pressing F8 on Startup

Use Explorer and find Msdos.sys in the root directory -- it is a hidden file (see Show all files to see how to show hidden files in Explorer)
Make a copy of the Msdos.sys file in your TEMP directory, or any other directory. (just in case...)

Right-click Msdos.sys and select Properties
Uncheck the Read-only attribute
Open a Msdos window (click Start > Programs > MS-DOS Prompt and type edit C:\Msdos.sys
Under the [Options] section, type:
BootMenu=1
BootMenuDefault=1
BootMenuDelay=xx (where xx is the delay in seconds)

Save the file
In Explorer right-click on Msdos.sys, select Properties and check the Read-only attribute

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