boi4 / systemd-reboot-windows

Choose into which OS to reboot from Windows (for systemd-boot).

What is this?

A small program that allows you to set the OS that will be booted on the next (re-)boot. You need to have systemd-boot set up as your boot loader.

Why

On Linux with systemd, you can already do all of this via bootctl set-oneshot or systemctl reboot --boot-loader-entry=. However, on windows or non-systemd linux distributions this is not possible out of the box. This program is here to help.

Building

Windows

Requirements:

• mingw-64

Linux

For tray program:

• gcc
• pkg-config
• libappindicator

Usage

Run either systemd-reboot-console(.exe) or systemd-reboot-tray(.exe) depending whether you want to run the interactive console version or having a persistent system tray menu. Note that on windows you will need to run the programs as administrator and on linux with root permissions (i.e. sudo).

How to Auto-Start on Windows

1. Start Task Scheduler
2. Go to Action->Create Task
3. Give it a name and check Run with highest priviliges
4. Go to Actions->New and Browse select systemd-reboot-tray.exe and press Ok
5. Go to Triggers->New and choose At log in and press Ok
6. Finally press Ok to create the task

Screenshots

Tray icon in Windows 11:

Tray menu in Windows 11:

Icon

The reboot icon is taken from Reshot under the Reshot License.