Author Topic: Windows 7 stuck in Safe Mode loop (Read 11902 times)

mingus · « **on:** August 18, 2015, 07:32:55 am »

I told tweaking.com to restart computer in safe mode and now it is stuck in that loop. always restarts in safe mode.

Windows 7 Home SP1.

mingus · « **Reply #1 on:** August 18, 2015, 08:52:42 am »

i used msconfig and unchecked safe mode.

Shane · « **Reply #2 on:** August 18, 2015, 12:38:18 pm »

My program does what msconfig does and tells the boot manager to boot into safe mode. Once you get logged into safe mode a command is set in the runonce registry key to turn safe mode off.

I am curious to why that runonce key didnt undo safe mode. What version of windows are you on?

But you are correct, opening msconfig is how you can reset it yourself

Shane

mingus · « **Reply #3 on:** August 18, 2015, 02:22:12 pm »

Windows 7 Home

Shane · « **Reply #4 on:** August 20, 2015, 12:51:21 am »

After doing some testing I think I found the reason why it didnt reset. The command is put into the RunOnce registry key. So anything that logs in next it will run and remove it self. But if something on the system logs in, such as nvidias update user account they create, then it gets ran, doesnt have permission and is removed the registry.

And there you have the same boat you where in.

So I am going to change the program to mark in the settings.ini file if it changed the system into safe mode. Then next time the program is ran it will check if it is in safe mode and if it is it will then run the command to take safe mode off. I wont rely on the registry key any more since it isnt reliable

Shane

mingus · « **Reply #5 on:** August 20, 2015, 07:02:14 am »

Thank you

Julian · « **Reply #6 on:** August 20, 2015, 07:58:05 pm »

Quote from: Shane on August 20, 2015, 12:51:21 am

I wont rely on the registry key any more since it isnt reliable

I thought it was perfect lol