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  1. wtarkan

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    #1 wtarkan, Jan 27, 2016
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    #2 netlords, Jan 28, 2016
    hi

    a little supplement from me - if the pc is booted you can check the boot-type via undocumented variable %FIRMWARE_TYPE%
    Typing echo %FIRMWARE_TYPE% in a cmd windows will return you legacy or not.
     
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    #3 urie, Jan 28, 2016
    It just returns what it was asked to echo e.g. %FIRMWARE_TYPE% nothing else.
     
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    #4 netlords, Jan 29, 2016
    What os do you have?

    Here (with Win 8.1) its returning:

    c:\Windows\system> echo %FIRMWARE_TYPE%
    UEFI
     
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    #5 rpo, Jan 29, 2016
    And for my installation with Windows 10 Pro its returning "Legacy", as expected.
     
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    #6 Carlos Detweiller, Jan 31, 2016
    Doesn't work on anything less than Windows 8, I guess. Windows 7 doesn't create that Environment Variable, and the command fails.
     
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    #7 CarloE, Feb 2, 2016
    Thank you that's true.
     
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    #8 urie, Feb 2, 2016
    Correct I tested on windows 7 x64 :worthy:
     
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    #9 Flipp3r, Feb 2, 2016
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    Where does %firmware_type% come from? I've used it & know it returns UEFI or Legacy but it's not listed as an environment variable when you type "set".

    Never mind, my friend Google found that it's a:
    By the way this tool does not help the novice user know if they have booted in UEFI or Legacy, which is probably what they want to know...
     
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    #10 wtarkan, Feb 29, 2020 (OP)
    New version released (Saturday, February 29, 2020)