OK, but that link does NOT remove Cortana. MS has made it even more clear with the creators update that if you mess with Cortana, it will punitively disable a number of other functions.TairikuOkami said:
For the future reference, removing Cortana/SearchUI.exe causes it. SFC scan restores its files.
There are proper ways to remove Cortana, like wim tweak, using powershell commands and etc.
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Enable or Disable Cortana in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Apps Features Tutorials
If you have a method for "properly" removing Cortana to the point where it does not use memory, then please post that.
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