SOLVED: Windows 11 safe mode boot missing Startup Settings option

[Michael Schmitt4]

In 2023 a user posted the question "Windows 11 safe mode boot missing Startup Settings option", which was never solved. That thread is locked so I can't reply with the solution. For all the people hitting this as they try to recover from the Crowdstrike issue, here it is...If you're trying to get into Safe Mode, but you can't because there's no Startup Settings option on the Advanced Options screen, and if you try to pick Command Prompt and enter bcdedit but it says:X:\Windows\System32\bcdeditThe boot configuration data store cannot be opened.The requested system device cannot be found.and you

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