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HowTo-create-a-UEFI-Shell-Boot-Device

  1. format the USB Flash device with FAT32
  2. create the directories \EFI\BOOT on that formatted device
  3. download shell.efi from:
    https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/edk2-stable201903/ShellBinPkg/UefiShell/X64/Shell.efi
    NOTE: Please also find https://github.com/KilianKegel/Visual-UEFI-SHELL to create an up-to-date UEFI Shell
  4. rename shell.efi to BOOTX64.efi
  5. copy BOOTX64.efi to the boot device into the folder \EFI\BOOT - that's it
  6. make sure, that on the platform SECURE BOOT is disabled in BIOS Setup!
  7. adjust boot order to start UEFI Shell boot device

Nice to have:
find and more MSDOS clone for UEFI Shell:

  1. create the directories \EFI\TOOLS on that formatted device
  2. download find.efi and more.efi from https://github.com/KilianKegel/Visual-DOS-Tools-for-UEFI-Shell/tree/master/x64/UEFIx86-64%20(Torito%20C%20Library)
  3. copy find.efi and more.efi to the boot device into the folder \EFI\TOOLS - that's it

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