So I've gotten fed up enough with the terrible windows search system.
I went into services.msc and disabled the windows search service; then restarted my computer.
However, "Cortana" is still listed in my task manager taking up 50mb of memory.
How do I kill Cortana?
Surprising how many users want to 'kill off' Cortana! She's a nice girl once you get to know her!
Seriously though, I've posted a rather reckless and un-researched method to disable the entire Search UI including the background process, so you try it at your own risk!
(I'll find the link in a minute)
Can't find the link but basically, get Task Manager/Details/SearchUI.exe and "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchUI.exe" beside each other.
Right click the SearchUI.exe in Task Manager and End Task, then you've got about 2 seconds to right click and delete the SearchUI.exe in "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchUI.exe"
Don't empty the Recycle Bin so you can Restore it if something goes terribly wrong!
Hmm... it wont let me delete/rename SearchUI.exe because of a permission error. How do I get permission to rename the file?
You have to take Ownership of the file:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html
(You won't have time to rename it)
Wait... I got it. I had to take ownership of the directory... it wouldnt let me take ownership of the EXE.
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