If you’ve been using Windows 10 for a while, you might have noticed that pressing the F8 or the SHIFT + F8 keys on your keyboard to enter Safe Mode no longer works. That method stopped working because the Windows 10 start procedure became faster than ever before. However, that does not mean that Windows 10 has no Safe Mode. It’s just that, to open Windows 10’s Safe Mode, you have to follow other procedures, here is one of them Windows 10 in Safe Mode:
How to enter Safe Mode in Windows 10 using “Shift + Restart” on the sign-in screen
- On the Windows 10 sign-in screen, press and hold the SHIFT key on the keyboard.
- With this key still pressed, click or tap the Power button and, in the menu that opens, click Restart.
- Windows 10 restarts and asks you to select an option. Choose Troubleshoot.
- On the Troubleshoot screen, go to Advanced options.
- On the Advanced options screen, choose Startup Settings.
- Finally, click or tap the Startup Settings option.
- Windows 10 says that you can restart your device to change advanced boot options, including enabling Safe Mode. Press Restart.
- After Windows 10 restarts one more time, you can choose which boot options you want to be enabled. Press the 4 or the F4 key on your keyboard to start Safe Mode.