Take the 2-minute tour ×  When I need to use Windows, I:    1.
Reboot   2. Wait for the Grub boot menu to appear   3. Choose
the Windows menu item in Grub  Is there a way to just "reboot
into" Windows so that I don't have to stay at the computer and
guide it to the right operating system? i.e. Can I set the
default menu item in Grub for just the next boot?  share|improve
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accepted  This tutorial solves this problem:
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/how-to-reboot-in-windows-from-
ubuntu.html  From the aforementioned tutorial:  3. Now to reboot
Ubuntu in Windows or some other OS, run the following command:
sudo grub-reboot X  where X is the menuentry position (starting
with 0 as the first entry) of the OS you want to restart in from
the GRUB menu. So if Windows is the 4th option in the GRUB menu,
you would run "sudo grub-reboot 3". You can also use the exact
menu entry instead of the menuentry position (like "Windows 7
(on /dev/sda1)") but entering just a nu