{"id":592,"date":"2014-01-31T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb-articles\/removing-a-windows-bootmgr-boot-menu-item\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:05:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:05:39","slug":"removing-a-windows-bootmgr-boot-menu-item","status":"publish","type":"lsvr_kba","link":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/kb-articles\/removing-a-windows-bootmgr-boot-menu-item\/","title":{"rendered":"Removing a Windows bootmgr Boot Menu Item"},"content":{"rendered":"

Problem:<\/font><\/strong> <\/p>\r\n

When booting Windows Vista or later (e.g. Windows 7\/8.x\/10\/11) a menu is displayed to allow selecting the operating system to boot. The menu may be displayed even if only one version of Windows is installed. Additionally, the menu is displayed when booting Windows from BootIt BM or BootIt UEFI.<\/p>\r\n

Cause:<\/font><\/strong> <\/p>\r\n

A duplicate or undesired boot menu item exists in the Windows BCD file. For example, this entry may have been left over from a previous multi-boot setup or boot repair.<\/p>\r\n

Solution:<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Remove the undesired menu item from the Windows boot menu. This procedure can be done from BootIt BM (Legacy booting systems), BootIt UEFI (UEFI booting systems), or directly from Windows.<\/p>\r\n

Using BootIt BM \/ BootIt UEFI<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\r\n

Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Boot to the BootIt BM or BootIt UEFI desktop.<\/li>\r\n
  2. Click on Partition Work<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n
  3. Select the booting drive for the Windows installation you need to modify.<\/li>\r\n
  4. Select the booting partition. In BootIt BM, this is usually either the Windows partition or the System Reserved<\/em> partition (the one set active when booted). In BootIt UEFI, this will be the EFI System partition.<\/li>\r\n
  5. Click the BCD Edit <\/strong>button.<\/li>\r\n
  6. The Menu<\/strong> items are displayed. Select the item to remove and then click the Delete<\/strong> button.<\/li>\r\n
  7. Close the BCD Edit <\/em>window. Close the Work with Partitions <\/em>window.<\/li>\r\n
  8. Click Resume<\/strong> on the desktop.<\/li>\r\n
  9. Select the Windows item to boot and click the Boot<\/strong> button.<\/li>\r\n <\/ol>\r\n

    Using Windows (Vista or later)<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\r\n

    Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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    1. Boot into Windows.<\/li>\r\n
    2. Press WinKey+R<\/strong> (hold down the Windows Key<\/strong> and press R<\/strong>) to bring up the Run<\/em> dialog.<\/li>\r\n
    3. Type msconfig<\/strong><\/font> into the Open<\/em> box and then click OK<\/strong>. The System Configuration<\/em> utility will open.
      Note: If you receive a UAC prompt allow the action to continue. <\/li>\r\n
    4. Click the Boot<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\r\n
    5. Select the boot item to remove and then click the Delete<\/strong> button.<\/li>\r\n
    6. Click OK<\/strong> to close msconfig.<\/li>\r\n
    7. Click Restart<\/strong>, if prompted. Otherwise, restart Windows manually to verify the change.<\/li>\r\n <\/ol>\r\n

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      Problem: When booting Windows Vista or later (e.g. Windows 7\/8.x\/10\/11) a menu is displayed to allow selecting the operating system to boot. The menu may be displayed even if only one version of Windows is installed. Additionally, the menu is displayed when booting Windows from BootIt BM or BootIt UEFI. Cause: A duplicate or undesired […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"lsvr_kba_cat":[1817],"lsvr_kba_tag":[2127,2142,2140,2141,2139],"class_list":["post-592","lsvr_kba","type-lsvr_kba","status-publish","hentry","lsvr_kba_cat-vista-win7-8-x-10","lsvr_kba_tag-windows","lsvr_kba_tag-windows-10","lsvr_kba_tag-windows-7","lsvr_kba_tag-windows-8-x","lsvr_kba_tag-windows-vista"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba\/592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lsvr_kba"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba\/592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7275,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba\/592\/revisions\/7275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"lsvr_kba_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba_cat?post=592"},{"taxonomy":"lsvr_kba_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba_tag?post=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}