Comodo Firewall interferes with Windows 10 Advanced Startup

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#1

Comodo Firewall interferes with Windows 10 Advanced Startup. Specifically, Comodo Firewall causes Startup Settings to stop working.

On a clean Windows 10 installation, I confirmed Startup Settings worked. I installed Comodo Firewall, and subsequently, Startup Settings stopped working: The system skipped Startup Settings and booted directly to the operating system and desktop instead of Safe Mode. I uninstalled Comodo Firewall, and Startup Settings worked again. I reinstalled Comodo Firewall, and as expected, Startup Settings stopped working.

Edit: This happens when Comodo Firewall 11 or 12 is installed.

#2

Try adding the executable(s) of Advanced Startup to the exclusions of Disable shellcode injection detection.

Does that make a difference? If it doesn’t help add the installation folder of Avanced Startup to the exclusions.

#3

What are the executables, and where are they located? I can’t find any information about them. The closest thing I could find is this: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4157-create-advanced-startup-options-shortcut-windows-10-a.html

But adding those files to exclusions did not work.

#4

What is Windows 10 Advanced Startup? Is it the .lnk file provided by Ten Forums that you linked to?

#5

Make sure bootim.exe is trusted, I had an issue when it was not trusted because I wasn’t online when I first tried advanced startup. Then I tried again after performing an online lookup of the executable, I was able to use advanced startup options.

#6

It is an advanced boot options screen which allows users to start Windows in advanced troubleshooting modes or change startup settings, including entering safe mode, which is what I was trying to do, but the subsequent startup settings screen did not work. The .lnk file is a shortcut to launch Advanced Startup.

#7

This worked. In my case, bootim.exe was not even listed in Comodo Firewall, even after a scan. I manually added the file and set its rating to trusted, which solved the issue.