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Safe mode useable? Need to fix APPINFO..

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have you found it impossible to get into SAFE MODE?

No, this never gives me a problem.
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Yes, it only works sometimes.
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Yes, I can't get into SAFE MODE at ALL, EVER!
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Eh? Why would you ever WANT to use SAFE MODE? I don't!!
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SAFE MODE.. what's that?
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Yes, but I know how to fix your problem. But I won't tell.
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Safe mode useable? Need to fix APPINFO..

#1 Post by Criticatlarge » Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:03 pm

Model 6463-5BU, Win7 Professional. No mods.

This is a really!! good one.....

Have tried -
F8 - no response (factory disabled, I'm told); other Fn work O-K, AFAIK.
no SAFE MODE option via the THINKPAD key

It's an imp-possible catch-22 (yes , I dood it my own self).. :oops:

I disabled the APPINFO service. Which then disallows any and all useful tools from being run.

Like MSCONFIG, REGEDIT f'rinstance.

(you'd think there'd be a Microsoft fix for this.. they must've thought of this... or not)

I've read that you can access SERVICES.MSC et al when in SAFE MODE even if APPINFO's disabled...

....if you can only GET there.

So even a RESTORE is not possible. No Administrator (or other..) ID verification == it's FUBAR.

Thoughts:

tweak the actual CONFIG parms manually to set SAFEMODE (possible?) then reboot

tweak the registry manually using an external editor that UAC won't block.

tweak UAC...?

After all, it's just a parm in a file, after all, right?

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Re: Safe mode useable? Need to fix APPINFO..

#2 Post by GACrabill » Thu Aug 25, 2016 11:08 pm

This is what I use for Windows 10 installations, it might help Win7 also.

Enable F8 option during bootup :
enter from elevated cmd prompt :
bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy

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Re: Safe mode useable? Need to fix APPINFO..

#3 Post by Criticatlarge » Fri Aug 26, 2016 2:23 pm

GACrabill wrote:This is what I use for Windows 10 installations, it might help Win7 also.

Enable F8 option during bootup :
enter from elevated cmd prompt :
bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy
Ah, hmm, well the inobvious? implication of APPINFO-oops! is: they just ain't
no UAC, so no 'elevated command prompt' is possible. Administrator exists nomore.

But I can try it. BTW, bcdedit is non-existant on XP, AFAIK.

Thanks, though, it's always edumacational here. :?

=> addendum <=

well, whatcha get is

The boot configuration data store could not be opened.
Access is denied.

btw is there a [blink]BLINK[/blink] option available? looks like not.

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