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In retrospect, being able to use the "HKEY_USERS" registry hive for disabling Cortana makes sense. The Media Feature Pack for N Editions is an add on for Windows and as such, it is treated as a program and not as part of the OS. And just like in any other programs, the end user can control the settings. The "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" registry hive changes have no impact to the feature pack (app) settings.
Just for the Windows Pro "N" version, find your SID via command line:
Add the following registry settings to your SID:Code:wmic useraccount get name,sid
The width of the search window still bothersome:Code:Computer\HKEY_USERS\"My SID*"\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search] „BingSearchEnabled“=dword:00000000 „AllowSearchToUseLocation“=dword:00000000 „CortanaConsent“=dword:00000000 "My SID" = the actual logged on SID
Now, if I could just restore the search window with to the 1803, I'd be all set...
I don't have the home edition of W10, but would be curious to know, if the "HKEY_USERS" registry hive changes would work there as well.....