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I am currently running Windows 10 Home ver 2004 64 bit.

I changed the startup type of a driver named EPMVolFlt.sys to demand startup (manual I believe) since Faceit anti cheat software (a game anti cheat software) was complaining about it being incompatible and that I had to restart to unload it (it wouldn't unload on restart and I kept getting that error so I tried to change startup type).

Now my windows doesn't boot up to login page. I just get the booting circle animation and it restarts after that. Then, it boots into repair mode which then fails and results in the blue advanced startup page. I tried enabling boot logs via cmd but I don't see any in my windows folder.

I can't boot into login page even in safe mode

ABCDWHAT
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If you have access to CMD (and admin rights) you can change the startup of services through registry settings. This was my first thought, but the EPMVolFlt.sys driver startup probably isn't linked to a service. I don't know exactly what process hacker does to make the driver being loaded on demand. Reverting changes manually would probably include changing registry settings linked to the driver.

There is an easier alternative, though: using Process Hacker command line switches. cd into ProcessHacker.exe directory and try using the -nosettings switch:

ProcessHacker.exe -nosettings

This should revert the settings to default:

-nosettings 
Disables settings. Settings are set to their defaults at startup, and no settings are saved.
GChuf
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