- Boot from the Windows 10 DVD / install media
- [SHIFT]+[F10] to reveal a command prompt
- REGEDT32 to open registry editor
- Highlight HKLM > File > Load Hive
- Navigate to the local system disk :\Windows\System32\config and open [SYSTEM]
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\<LOADED HIVE NAME>\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\ and edit the BootExecute MULTI-SZ value to read only: autocheck autochk *
- Reboot
- tadaa!
Tag: registry
Export Windows Registry
To complete a full registry backup of Windows:
- Open [regedit] via the start menu search or a RUN command
- Highlight [Computer] at the top of the tree within regedit
- Click [File] > [Export] and then save the backup somewhere safe
Pending File Rename Preventing Install
I had to install some Dell software but kept receiving the message “Unable to complete the installation due to pending file rename operation” on Windows 10 Enterprise.
Renaming the registry key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperationsOLD allowed me to complete the installation.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSafeBootNetworkMSIServer or HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSafeBootMinimalMSIServer change “Default” reg_sz value to “@Service”
Windows Safe Mode Install Registry Key
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSafeBootMinimalMSIServer]
@=”Service”