^ Pretty much this. I posted the same thing in another forum regarding disabling Cortana, and this seems to be the easiest way to do it.
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^ Pretty much this. I posted the same thing in another forum regarding disabling Cortana, and this seems to be the easiest way to do it.
If you are extremely adamant about wanting to remove the Cortana process, follow this process. Attempt to rename the folder. It should pop a "Try Again" dialog box. While that dialog box is active,...
Then, I'm uncertain of what can be done. The only other things I have done are editing Group Policies, (Win+R, gpedit.msc) under TaskBar and Start Menu, editing some of the Internet Search options...
My solution is to right-click, Open File Location. Then, go back, and Go to Details, from there end the process tree. Once you end the process tree, rename the folder and move it to a different...
You need to right-click it and end the SearchUI.exe process tree. There is an "end process" option and "end process tree" option.
Renamed and moved the Cortana/Searchui.exe folder and it booted up fine. It has disabled the taskbar "Search" function, but Windows Search for the File Explorer still works properly. If you enable...
My solution is to right-click, Open File Location. Then, go back, and Go to Details, from there end the process tree. Once you end the process tree, rename the folder and move it to a different...
I've come up with a temporary solution. By no means am I an experienced tech, so take my instructions with a grain of salt. Ctrl+shift+esc to task manager, right-click the "Cortana" process, "Go to...