Search icon on taskbar

After you disabled Cortana and restarted explorer, do you have Show search icon selected (checked)?

@Brink, one of the latest updates means the closest you can get is to sign out:


gives you this:



It no longer has offline only mode in the settings etc. (and always uses the cortana circle, even after a reboot)

aramil said:

@Brink, one of the latest updates means the closest you can get is to sign out:


gives you this:



It no longer has offline only mode in the settings etc. (and always uses the cortana circle, even after a reboot)

Hello Aramil, :)

That would be to turn off Cortana,...

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...dows-10-a.html

...but you can still disable Cortana.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

Just checked now and the GpEdit still works on Windows 10 AU Pro 64bit

Search glass on the taskbar with no cortana "stuff". Thanks @Brink

carrotmuseum said:

I have three options = hide- show cortana icon - show search box None of these gives the simple mag glass search icon I had previously. If I select show search icon it gives that darned Circle with Ask me anything (which IS CORTANA!!!!)

It sounds like you didn't use the method in the tutorial below to disable Cortana first.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

to run type "gpedit" in seach (cortana) and select "edit Group Policy" and follow the instruction brink linked to above "option one"

aramil said:

Just checked now and the GpEdit still works on Windows 10 AU Pro 64bit

Search glass on the taskbar with no cortana "stuff". Thanks @Brink

You're most welcome. :)