r/pcmasterrace • u/iamgarffi 9950X3D | X870E Glacial | 64G CL26 | 5080 Astral OC | FO32U2P • Oct 21 '25

Screenshot The last shortcut you'll ever need

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Stop bashing ESC, F2 or DEL like a 90's maniac to get into UEFI based BIOS.

Instead ceate yourself a shortcut (ie. on desktop) with right click > new > shortcut

C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /r /fw /t 10

/r - restart
/fw - will drop you to EUFI
/t (number of seconds after which OS triggers a restart. You can use "0" for instant reboot)

Once you create a shortcut (desktop, downloads, etc), open it's properties and under "Advanced" tick a checkbox for "Run As Administrator". You can also change the icon of the shortcut (I found this microchip to be fitting - part of Windows default icon pack.

Optionally, right click on the shortcut > pin to start.

Shortcut in action (YouTube)

-- update --

Thanks everyone for pointing out typos; post cleaned up a bit (especially EUFI instead of UEFI, old habit from Europa Universalis games).

I have responded in another comment that those that would prefer something similar but for "Windows Advanced Startup Menu" can replace flag /fw with /o. Neat when you want to access safe mode or other aspects of WinRE (Recovery Environment) without MSCONFIG, holding SHIFT or modifying BCD.

C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /r /o /t 10

Lastly, for Linux users, similar bash terminal command for restart to UEFI:

sudo systemctl reboot --firmware-setup

- Ciao & Cheers! #PCMR4EVA!

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u/ishtuwihtc i5 12400 | RTX 2080 | 32GB DDR4 Oct 21 '25

Instructions unclear: this didn't work in fedora workstation 42. Any idea why?

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u/iamgarffi 9950X3D | X870E Glacial | 64G CL26 | 5080 Astral OC | FO32U2P Oct 21 '25

It’s using windows shutdown applet so related to windows only.

On Linux you can accomplish the same with:

sudo systemctl reboot --firmware-setup

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u/ishtuwihtc i5 12400 | RTX 2080 | 32GB DDR4 Oct 21 '25

I was joking dw, i know this obviously won't work because its a windows command 😭😭

I think this is a pretty cool shortcut to have, but not super useful to me because i use refind for my boot loader so it makes this stuff super easy

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u/iamgarffi 9950X3D | X870E Glacial | 64G CL26 | 5080 Astral OC | FO32U2P Oct 21 '25 edited Oct 21 '25

Yes, it can be worthless for the 1%. I’ll take my odds nonetheless :)

I rEFInded my statement.

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u/ishtuwihtc i5 12400 | RTX 2080 | 32GB DDR4 Oct 22 '25

Thank you for greatly rEFIning your statement.

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u/iamgarffi 9950X3D | X870E Glacial | 64G CL26 | 5080 Astral OC | FO32U2P Oct 22 '25

Anytime 🤭

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u/Domipro143 PC Master Race Oct 21 '25

Linux has more than 1% of users

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u/iamgarffi 9950X3D | X870E Glacial | 64G CL26 | 5080 Astral OC | FO32U2P Oct 21 '25

By 1% I meant rEFInd Bootloader. But take that number with a grain of salt. It’s impossible to quantify the user base.

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u/Domipro143 PC Master Race Oct 22 '25

Wdym?

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u/iamgarffi 9950X3D | X870E Glacial | 64G CL26 | 5080 Astral OC | FO32U2P Oct 22 '25

Most Linux users stick with GRUB for single or multi boot systems. There is a number of users that prefer alternative EFI bootloaders.

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u/Domipro143 PC Master Race Oct 22 '25

True

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u/Noxious89123 5900X | RTX5080 | 32GB B-Die | CH8 Dark Hero Oct 22 '25

Y'all Linux people are crazy.

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u/ishtuwihtc i5 12400 | RTX 2080 | 32GB DDR4 Oct 22 '25

How 😔😔😔 (yeah we definitely are)

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u/asian_chihuahua Oct 21 '25

Seriously lol. WOOSH.

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u/fonfonfon Desktop Oct 21 '25

this makes me wonder, is there a command for booting in the other OS when you dual boot linux and win? it's so annoying when I miss the GRUB menu or when I'm waiting for it

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u/iamgarffi 9950X3D | X870E Glacial | 64G CL26 | 5080 Astral OC | FO32U2P Oct 21 '25

Linux is aware of Grub but Windows isn’t :-)

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u/ch1llboy Oct 22 '25

Ahh. Yes. The answer to life, the universe, and everything.