How To Neuter Cortana So It Looks Like This

I have just about everything about Cortana disabled but I cannot get it to look like or behave like on my other computer. I cannot recall what changes I made but I am pretty sure it was not a registry hack. Any suggestions welcome. TIA.

I want Cortana to look like this:



and not like this:



some (all) cortana settings disabled:



Cortana tips off:

Berton said:

I right-click a blank area of the Taskbar, hover over Search then click on Show search icon. The larger box needs a checkmark on Show search box or there's a choice of Hidden to not show it at all.

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Thanks for replying.

>The larger box needs a checkmark


If I understand you correctly if you mean like this then it already shows a check mark:



Incidentally I still want to see the search box but I want it to look like the search box from the picture above in the first post called "old cortana" where it appears to be empty without any tips or suggestions.

Disable her using Group Policy or Reg Edit.

Enable or Disable Cortana in Windows 10 | Tutorials

phaedruspress said:

How To Neuter Cortana So It Looks Like This

Actually, Cortana should probably be spayed instead of neutered....

phaedruspress said:

...I want Cortana to look like this...

You're really not going to like 1809, she's put on weight....

Bree said:

You're really not going to like 1809, she's put on weight....

I noticed the same thing.

Actually, Search and Cortana are, (will become), 2 different UI's...

(EDIT: On the latest Insider Build only, as of yet; sorry)