The answer from
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2949759/windows/killing-cortana-how-to-disable-windows-10s-info-hungry-digital-assistant.html
doesn't work, because I've already set the AllowCortanas Value Data to '0':
The answer from Can I completely disable Cortana on Windows 10? doesn't work either:
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Remove-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.9.6.16299_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy
Remove-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CFA, Removal failed. Please contact your software vendor.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073CFA)
error 0x80070032: AppX Deployment Remove operation on package
Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.9.6.16299_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy from:
C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy failed. **This app is part of Windows and cannot be
uninstalled on a per-user basis**. An administrator can attempt to remove the app from the computer using Turn Windows
Features on or off. However, it may not be possible to uninstall the app.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] d9d3a5d3-e312-0001-fcc4-d3d912e3d301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID d9d3a5d3-e312-0001-fcc4-d3d912e3d301
At line:1 char:1
+ Remove-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.9.6.16299_neutral_neut ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (Microsoft.Windo...l_cw5n1h2txyewy:String) [Remove-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.RemoveAppxPackageCommand
I've also seen a post that fiddle with group policies, I've done that as well. However it didn't work either.
So now, having rebooted my PC, I still see Cortana in my task:
UPDATE:
THIS IS NOT A DUPLICATE of the suggested.
Sigh, I wish people would at least read the question before blindly mark them as duplicates. Right in my OP, I had "The answer from Can I completely disable Cortana on Windows 10? doesn't work either", which already explained this is not a duplicate of that. @Ramhound
Further more on the accepted answer from it:
- the first method has a "Warning about Taskbar Breakage"
- the second method will apparently "stopped working at some point"
- the Original method, Remove Cortana via Powershell RemoveAppPackage, is the one that I tried and didn't work.
