4. How to get into UEFIBIOS from the Run window in Windows 11
Another way to enter UEFIBIOS on a Windows 11 PC is through the Run window . Open Run ( Windows+R ) and type:
shutdown r o f t 00
Enter UEFIBIOS from Run window in Windows 11
To access UEFIBIOS, you can also run a slightly shorter command:
shutdown.exe r o
… but it's not as fast as the previous command.
Restarting into UEFI (BIOS) using the shorter command takes a little longer.
Why is it not so fast? Because with this command cyprus telegram data Windows 11 first notifies you that your computer needs to shut down (reboot). So you have to wait a couple of minutes before it takes you to UEFIBIOS.
Windows 11 shutdown notification
After rebooting, Windows 11 will load the same Choose an option screen . Use it to navigate to Troubleshoot > Advanced options > UEFI Firmware Settings and click Restart as I showed you in the second section of this guide. Windows 11 will then reboot and your PC will enter the UEFIBIOS environment.
5. How to enter UEFIBIOS from Windows 11 using a shortcut
Perhaps the fastest way to access UEFIBIOS on a Windows 11 PC is to create and use a shortcut to do so. We've already covered everything you need to do in this guide: Shortcuts to UEFI BIOS and Windows 10 Recovery Environment. However, if you don't have time to read it, the short version is that you can create a regular shortcut anywhere on your Windows 11 PC and point its location to the shutdown r o f t 00 command shown in the previous section of this guide.