Bootswap

Bootswap is a lightweight, fast, and accessible Windows utility for managing your boot configuration data. It provides a simple graphical interface to view, reorder, and delete boot entries without needing to use the command line.

Features

• View all configured boot entries with their descriptions and paths.
• Reorder the boot sequence to prioritize specific operating systems, and Delete unwanted or invalid boot entries.
• Keyboard navigable with the following hotkeys:
  • Alt + Up: Move the selected boot entry up in the list.
  • Alt + Down: Move the selected boot entry down in the list.
  • Delete: Delete the currently selected boot entry.

Note: Modifying boot entries requires administrator privileges. The application will prompt for elevation when launched.

Prerequisites

To compile Bootswap from source, you need to have the following tools installed on your system:

• Visual Studio Build Tools with C++17 support.
• Windows SDK.
• CMake (version 3.15 or higher). Make sure CMake is in your system path.

Building

Once the dependencies are installed, you can build the application by running the following commands in the repository root:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build . --config Release

When the build is finished, the executable will be located in the build\Release directory.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.