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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 ...
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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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I made a shortcut to cmd.exe and specified the folder that I want to start in. I then went to Advanced and ticked Run as administrator. When I double-click on the shortcut, it always starts in C:\...
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How can I remove apps that Windows doesn't seem to allow to be uninstalled, like Xbox and Groove Music?
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I was in the process of uninstalling all the Universal Apps from a new Windows 10 installation when I hit a roadblock. It's not the first time I do this and it always goes well. However, this time, ...
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Is it possible for me (parent/admin account) to completely disable Cortana for other users (kids/standard accounts)? ...or at least from using it to search things that are not local on the PC itself. ...
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With reference to: Can I completely disable Cortana on Windows 10? I removed the Cortana packages from my running Windows 10 using the method posted by magicandre1981 and using win6x_registry_tweak....
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Edition: Windows 10 Home | Version: 1909 | OS build: 18363.693. Just came across a specific process group on Windows 10, in the Task Manager. It is known as UWP and represented with a leaf, as one ...
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For conventional desktop applications such as chrome or office, we can remove the shortcuts from all apps list by right clicking on the icon, selecting more, clicking on open file location and then ...
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How do I UNINSTALL Cortana, not "disable" it. Disabling Cortana and Uninstalling Cortana are very different things... My main concern is Windows magically "re-enabling" Cortana if I disable her vs ...
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I have disabled Cortana in a number of different ways, including Settings, Registry, and Group Policy. Yet it still runs and hogs memory: I see this post, but it's not very helpful.
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I have been thinking about eventually upgrading my Windows 7 to Windows 10 but would not like Cortana to have unrestricted access to my emails (as stated in the answer to this question) or my calendar ...
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To make a very long story short: Someone #@%@ed up and there are several Windows 10 assets in my environment that require Flash OCX repair (IT WASN'T ME!) Simply re-registering the OCX modules doesn'...
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Cortana continues to consume RAM and processing speed on my PC. I have disabled Cortana with RegEdit {HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows} change 1 to 0. Even after this, I ...
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My university prohibits me using Windows Cloud storage and several its functions in Windows 10 Enterprise because it stores passwords in the cloud, prohibiting EU security legislation. I cannot ...
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