Installing Fedora 41 KDE Spin removed Windows Boot Loader from UEFI GUI and GRUB2

Issue

In order to remediate the undermentioned, I have reinstalled the Fedora 41 KDE Spin:

This brought another (lesser) issue with it – 496876 – All windows release grab every ⪅ 5s. – which I could work around.

However, I can’t easily work around not being able to access Windows 11 anymore, because I need to provide a .dmp file for Windows 10 File Explorer Crashes on Right-Click - Super User.

Consequently, how can I restore my ability to access Windows via ASRock’s UEFI GUI and Fedora’s GRUB2 TUI?

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How to Restore Deleted EFI System Partition in Windows | Windows OS Hub from the aforementioned looks suitable to remediate this, since I appear to only be missing the EFI entry – the partitions themselves appear to be as expected.

That tutorial doesn’t appear particularly trustworthy. Consequently, I watched youtu.be/CZ17JrgFFhw, which was verbose. However, I’m less confident now due to the output of bcdedit in the created media:

The boot configuration data store could not be opened.
The system could not find the file specified.

Consequently, I’ve asked the undermentioned at SU SE:

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i don’t understand, what are you trying to achieve in this post?

@elvisvan, what do you not understand?

I want to:

  1. Notify the forum members that this eventuality is possible when installing the Fedora 41 KDE Spin alongside an existing Windows 11 Pro installation;

  2. Attempt to ascertain:

    1. Why this occurred; and
    2. How to remediate it.
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The undermentioned is definitely of interest: