[Bug 1448707] Re: cant launch Windows 8 with the Ubuntu grub2 boot(the windows option doesnt work)

[Fred Palmer]

Have you tried adding this to Windows BCD with Windows bcdEdit?
bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi

Grub only works is secure boot is off. Not sure if shimx64.efi would
work from Windows with secure boot on or not.

Many systems need work arounds as vendors/mfgs violate UEFI standards
and use description as part of UEFI boot. And only description allowed
is "Windows".  In those cases another work around is to copy grubx64.efi
or shimx64.efi into /EFI/Boot and rename to bootx64.efi. Then in UEFI
select hard drive as boot  option.

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Title:
  cant launch Windows 8 with the Ubuntu grub2 boot(the windows option
  doesnt work)

Status in shim package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I've just installed Ubuntu in my Windows 8 notebook, but every time i
  want to access my W8 with all my documents(350gb) i need to access the
  boot setup and prioritize the Windows boot, but then i cant access my
  Ubunut system without acessing the boot system and change the order of
  oot again back to Ubuntu

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: shim 0.4-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-34.47~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt8
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-34-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Apr 26 13:29:22 2015
  Dependencies:
   
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-26 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
  SourcePackage: shim
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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