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If you need to know how Windows was started you have just to call an API function: GetSystemMetrics. Passing the SM_CLEANBOOT constant as parameter, the function returns a Long value with this meaning: Click here to copy the following block 0 = Normal boot 1 = Fail-safe boot 2 = Fail-safe with network boot Here ia an example that shows how to call the function: Click here to copy the following block Private Declare Function GetSystemMetrics Lib "user32" (ByVal nIndex As Long) _   As Long Public Const SM_CLEANBOOT = 67 Private Sub Command1_Click()   Select Case GetSystemMetrics(SM_CLEANBOOT)     Case 0: MsgBox "Normal boot"     Case 1: MsgBox "Fail-safe boot"     Case 2: MsgBox "Fail-safe with network boot"   End Select End Sub

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