Edit

BCDEdit /default

  • Article

The BCDEdit /default command sets the default entry that the boot manager will use when the timeout expires.

bcdedit /default <id>

Note

Before setting BCDEdit options you might need to disable or suspend BitLocker and Secure Boot on the computer.

Parameters

<id>

Specifies the identifier of the boot entry to be used as the default when the time-out expires. For information about identifiers, run "bcdedit /? ID".

Examples

The following command sets the specified entry as the default boot manager entry.

bcdedit /default {cbd971bf-b7b8-4885-951a-fa03044f5d71}

The following command sets the NTLDR based OS loader as the default entry:

bcdedit /default {ntldr}