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

Question

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.

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

If you have a command which outputs the mode, then you can use it in a IF.

For eg. the command is MyCommand which outputs "You are in safe mode" if you booted in safe mode, then you can use the following

@echo off
MyCommand | findstr /c:"You are in safe mode" > nul
if errorlevel 1 goto NotSafe

echo Safe
REM Do whatever you want in Safe Mode
goto end

:NotSafe
echo NotSafe
REM Do whatever you want in Safe Mode
:end

If you want to check for a single word instead of a space separated string you do not need the /c: in findstr. You can just use findstr SafeMode.

Answer 3

Hey Everyone I know the thread is a bit old. However I recently ran into an issue with a batch i did not want technicians to run in safe mode. However I wasnt really able to find an answer. Using the above however I was able to peruse the rest of the web and finally came up with a check that can be done when you want other work done as well. So in this case if it detects safe mode it will goto :safemode and quit. or continue the job.

wmic COMPUTERSYSTEM GET BootupState | findstr /i "fail-safe" > nul
if %errorlevel% EQU 0 goto safemode

//stuff

:safemode
    cls
    Echo.
    Echo Halting system is in SAFEMODE!!

Answer 4

If you just want to detect if the system is in normal mode or safe mode, try this using batch program, try this simple:

@echo off

if "%SAFEBOOT_OPTION%"=="" goto normal

echo This computer is in safe mode!

goto ext

:normal

echo This computer is running in normal mode!

goto ext

:ext

pause

exit

If the SAFEBOOT_OPTION variable is empty, then the system is in normal mode.