Questions tagged [cortana]
For questions related to Microsoft's digital personal assistant Cortana.
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Is there a quick way to activate Cortana in Windows 11 other than by voice?
In Windows 10, you could easily activate Cortana by pressing Win+C, but that no longer works in the latest version of the OS. Is there another way to do that? Perhaps using a command line (/CMD ...
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Windows 10 Search & Calendar stop working after font installation
I've had this problem for a while that every once and so often, the Windows Search, Calendar, and other functions would stop working, and I had to return to a system restore point.
I now finally got a ...
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Windows 10 can't click on / unclickable apps links after searching in start menu
PROBLEM:
clicking the link does nothing
Does anyone know why?
Here's a similar thread with similar issue but none of the proposed solutions worked...
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Windows 10 - some app icons in search results (win + s) are overlayed with a photoshop icon
I would be most grateful for any pointers which lead to resolving the following issue.
The Problem
When I use windows search (win + s) the icons for windows 10 related apps are shown with a photoshop ...
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Shut down Cortana for good [duplicate]
Can anyone help me out? I've searched here on Superuser, I've searched Google, I've searched everywhere, and I cannot for the life of me find out how to shut down Cortana. Mind you, I have a new ...
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Search box grayed out in Windows explorer
A long time ago, I ran some scripts from the web to increase the privacy of my Windows 10 installation. Among other things it disabled Cortana. Except for multiple error messages in the event viewer ...
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Create alias in windows start menu search
I'd like to customize the results that show up when I type something into windows search.
For example, when I type VPN into the start menu search, I'd like PIA / Private Internet Access to show up.
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Windows 10 v10.0.18363.1016 - Cannot search using Win+S or using search in Explorer (top right bar) - Event Name: MoAppCrash
Cannot use Windows search anymore. I've checked and don't see any recent updates to my laptop. When clicking in the box in upper right corner of Windows Explorer my PC briefly locks up, and a crash ...
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Cortana Cannot Open Web Pages, Says: I'm sorry, I can't pull up websites here, but I can open apps
I am using Windows 10. When I try asking Cortana, open google.com, or open google.com with chrome, it says: I'm sorry, I can't pull up websites here, but I can open apps.
Can cortana not do this?? I ...
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What is it that controls the dlls that SearchUI.exe (Cortana) loads when running?
I am troubleshooting an issue I'm having with SearchUI (Cortana).
(see Cortana starts being slow and laggy after launch of the UFT (Unified Functional Testing) application)
I have narrowed it down ...
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Cortana not providing option to open local file search result in Explorer
For several years with Windows 10 I have been using Cortana to find a file by name, and then open the file location in Explorer.
For some months now the only right-click option has been "Open in ...
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Unable to select English (UK) speech in Windows 10 Enterprise
I have a Windows 10 Enterprise machine where
Country or region is set to United Kingdom
Languages includes English (United Kingdom)
But still the only speech language available is English (United ...
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Windows 10 VM Search
I have a windows 10 OS that I run on VMWare Player. The search in the bottom left does not work, I can click on it but can type into it. The service is running but the event logs say "Unable to start ...
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How to find the Cortana shortcut created by Windows to Launch Anaconda and Activate Env?
I reinstalled Miniconda on a new machine and installed 64-bit and 32-bit versions. Now, when I type in Cortana, 'anaconda' I get offered an option which I understand is a conda environment, but I can'...
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Spotify is not responding to Cortana
Spotify doesn't respond to Cortana's requests. After I ask Cortana to play some music on spotify, Cornata successfully opens up Spotify, but doesn't do anything.
Cortana successfully identifies the ...
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