batch-filesafe-mode

Simple if in .bat or .cmd to check if booted in safe mode or not

OS: Win 7 I googled a lot and I found one answer here which not helping me as it outputs just the answer (I cannot used it in IF statement

I have also found this 

if  /i  "%SAFEBOOT_OPTION%"=="MINIMAL" echo We're in Safe Mode!

I have tried it almost 10 times and the SAFEBOOT_OPTION variable is always empty.

Solution

  • The %SAFEBOOT_OPTION% variable only exists if you are currently booted into safe mode (contains MINIMAL) or safe mode with networking (contains NETWORK).

    From Microsoft's Docs:

    An environment variable is set when you use one of the Safe Boot options. The environment variable is SAFEBOOT_OPTION. This variable is set to either Network or to Minimal.

    EDIT

    Just tested the script below while running in safe mode:

    @echo off
if /i "%SAFEBOOT_OPTION%"=="MINIMAL" echo We're in Safe Mode!

    This script printed We're in Safe Mode! to cmd as expected.