Some Windows 10 users have complained about an issue of seeing an annoying ‘Test Mode‘ message on their desktop. If you are seeing a similar message on your computer, don’t worry. In a few steps, you can remove the text message from your desktop.
Fix 1- Remove Test Mode message using Command Prompt-
To remove the text from your desktop screen all you have is to pass a single command through PowerShell or Command Prompt.
1. What you need to do is to click on the Windows icon and type “cmd“.
2. Then, right-click on “Command Prompt” in the elevated search result and choose “Run as administrator“.
3. To switch the test signing mode ‘Off‘, copy-paste this simple command and hit Enter to execute it in the terminal.
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF
When you see the confirmation message “The operation was completed successfully“, close Command Prompt window.
Now restart your computer to complete the process.
Note: – If you see a message which says The boot configuration data store could not be opened ,Access is denied, then you will have to disable secure boot in BIOS.
Fix 2 – Make sure your windows is activated
1 -Search Activation settings in windows search and click on it
2 -Now, make sure windows is activated
That’s it! The ‘Test Mode’ text will not bother you anymore.
Sambit is a Mechanical Engineer By qualification who loves to write about Windows 10 and solutions to weirdest possible problems.
Anonymous says
tnx bro
Abid Raheem says
thanks..it works on my pc…
karthik says
The boot configuration data store could not be opened.
Access is denied.
Admin says
You will have to disable “Secure Boot” in the BIOS settings of your PC.
Kent says
When I type in the command as a administrator it says
An error has occurred setting the element data.
The value is protected by Secure Boot policy and cannot be modified or deleted.
AVIT Helpdesk says
Check to see if Windows is Activated!!