bootmenupolicy=standard for Win 7 hides multi boot menu


  1. Posts : 240
    Win 8 RP, Win 7, XP
       #1

    bootmenupolicy=standard for Win 7 hides multi boot menu


    I have defined BootMenuPolicy for Windows 7 loader as standard(1) in a multi boot system with Windows 8 and Windows 7 (and other OSs)
    and set Windows 7 as default loader.

    System boots directly to Windows 7 - no boot menu is displayed.

    So what is prohibiting boot manager to display boot menu ?
    (If bootmenupolicy for Win 7 is set to legacy(0) boot menu is displayed.)

    bcdedit output:

    Windows Boot Manager
    --------------------
    identifier {bootmgr}
    device partition=D:
    description Windows Boot Manager
    locale en-US
    inherit {globalsettings}
    integrityservices Enable
    default {current}
    resumeobject {85945464-1195-11e1-8020-d1ad9cfac0bf}
    displayorder {ntldr}
    {de51ff09-ee60-11e1-b8f5-a9b74e121d40}
    {current}
    {de50478a-bb21-11e1-837e-001d72ceba3a}
    {2d3b1ad2-737e-4cef-b581-d5fab0849944}
    toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
    timeout 30

    Windows Legacy OS Loader
    ------------------------
    identifier {ntldr}
    device partition=D:
    path \ntldr
    description XP

    Windows Boot Loader
    -------------------
    identifier {de51ff09-ee60-11e1-b8f5-a9b74e121d40}
    device vhd=[D:]\VHD\w8.vhd
    path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
    description Windows 8
    locale en-US
    inherit {bootloadersettings}
    recoverysequence {de51ff0a-ee60-11e1-b8f5-a9b74e121d40}
    integrityservices Enable
    recoveryenabled Yes
    custom:17000077 352321653
    osdevice vhd=[D:]\VHD\w8.vhd
    systemroot \Windows
    resumeobject {de51ff08-ee60-11e1-b8f5-a9b74e121d40}
    nx OptIn
    custom:250000c2 1

    Windows Boot Loader
    -------------------
    identifier {current}
    device partition=C:
    path \Windows\System32\winload.exe
    description Windows 7
    locale en-US
    inherit {bootloadersettings}
    recoverysequence {fb3f9678-124f-11e1-91fd-fce34374b63e}
    recoveryenabled Yes
    osdevice partition=C:
    systemroot \Windows
    resumeobject {85945464-1195-11e1-8020-d1ad9cfac0bf}
    nx OptIn
    pae Default
    custom:250000c2 1

    Real-mode Boot Sector
    ---------------------
    identifier {de50478a-bb21-11e1-837e-001d72ceba3a}
    device partition=C:
    path \plop\plpbt4win.ldr
    description Plop Boot Manager

    Real-mode Boot Sector
    ---------------------
    identifier {2d3b1ad2-737e-4cef-b581-d5fab0849944}
    device partition=C:
    path \BoYans\Harddisk0Partition4.pbr
    description GRUB Loader - disk 0 partition 4
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  2.    #2

    Is this a trick question?

    If not then install EasyBCD 2.1.2 to Win7 to add the other OS's.
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  3. Posts : 240
    Win 8 RP, Win 7, XP
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Its a question about Windows 7/8 boot options.

    There is no need to add or delete anything all loaders are present.

    The question is why changing bootmenupolicy for Win 7 has such an dramatic effect ?
      My Computer

  4.    #4

    Sorry don't have much time to study boot menu policy, just what works.
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  5. Posts : 240
    Win 8 RP, Win 7, XP
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Adding loaders would not help - there are already 5 loaders in displayorder.
      My Computer


 

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