Timeline for Can I completely disable Cortana on Windows 10?
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| Mar 9, 2022 at 21:03 | comment | added | A G S | Stop using windows 10. | |
| Jul 15, 2021 at 5:54 | answer | added | A T | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 13, 2019 at 15:21 | comment | added | drjpizzle | To those following the manually removing the exec route: Removing the folder will prevent some updates applying. For reasons (incompetence?...) win10 does not remember that restarting didn't finalise the update in question correctly. This is a bit of an issue as it also refuses not to allow itself to reboot whenever it feels like it (some caveats). However taking ownership and removing exec permissions on the files so far seems to have the best of both world: cortana is dead, not just sleeping, and the updates seems to go smoothly. I would recommend a backup though. Good luck. | |
| Sep 6, 2018 at 14:47 | comment | added | Basic | @kape123 Be sure it's really cortana... I had a similar issue when I disabled apps running in the background (The main toggle, not the individual apps). Looks like the indexing process is disabled when background apps are disabled (even though it's not listed) | |
| May 29, 2018 at 14:28 | comment | added | samus | After using MC10's solution below (renaming to C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy.bak), which worked for over a year, I think I re-enabled it by accidentally hitting Win + Print Screen for a screen shot. I'm not going to try and confirm this now that I have it disabled again. | |
| May 8, 2018 at 17:44 | vote | accept | ArtOfCode | ||
| May 8, 2018 at 15:36 | answer | added | DrMoishe Pippik | timeline score: 29 | |
| Apr 3, 2018 at 2:36 | answer | added | BaseZen | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 2, 2017 at 7:25 | comment | added | FreeSoftwareServers | @kape123 I use start menu replacement and the search works. I like star10. | |
| Dec 1, 2016 at 1:04 | answer | added | Trevor | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 26, 2016 at 14:25 | comment | added | default.kramer | I don't have enough rep to answer, but if you have the "Anniversary Update" the toggle switch is gone. This registry tweak worked for me. | |
| Apr 27, 2016 at 22:31 | history | edited | ArtOfCode | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Don't need that any more
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| Mar 15, 2016 at 8:11 | comment | added | nikib3ro |
I just followed instructions that answers bellow give, and while you can disable damn Cortana process from respawning it'll prevent you from searching for app after launching Start menu. And considering I do WinKey+start typing to find app quite often I needed do re-enable Cortana. Thanks M$... seems you haven't learned from IE lawsuit in 90s.
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| Aug 15, 2015 at 6:21 | answer | added | magicandre1981 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 10, 2015 at 22:02 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/super_user/status/630861921537933312 | ||
| Aug 10, 2015 at 0:05 | history | edited | ArtOfCode | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 6, 2015 at 18:03 | answer | added | Girish Sadanandan | timeline score: 93 | |
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| Aug 3, 2015 at 14:10 | answer | added | Dan Is Fiddling By Firelight | timeline score: 12 | |
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| Aug 2, 2015 at 19:57 | history | asked | ArtOfCode | CC BY-SA 3.0 |