The security scanner should be able to update its virus signatures on run so the whole exercise would have a meaning. The Microsoft reference for Windows BCD is for more advanced users.Ī special hidden partition could be used for installation (copy) of a standalone (offline) security scanner.

Less advanced users could get a basic understanding of BCD using a short introduction to Windows BCD structure, objects and elements. Visual BCD Editor displays all properties of BCD elements and objects so advanced users can easily distinguish what is what. You can add any BCD object of type application to ToolsDisplayOrder or DisplayOrder using Visual BCD Editor or bcdedit.Īpplication objects have a type of 0x1. These elements are lists of GUID's - unique identifiers of objects in Windows BCD. The 'list' object (ToolsDisplayOrder element) is of the same type as the 'loader list' object (DisplayOrder element).ĭisplayOrder and ToolsDisplayOrder elements belong to object and make up Windows Vista/7/8/10 'boot menu'.

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