Cannot Invoke Cortana

To Techjourney: I ran the reinstall all apps command as Administrator and got the following results:

Code:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocati
on)\AppXManifest.xml"}
Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path 'C:\AppXManifest.xml' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:28
+ ...  | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\AppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02, The package could not be installed because resources it
modifies are currently in use.
error 0x80073D02: Unable to install because the following apps need to be closed
Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost_10.0.16299.15_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 33ad26c8-7cfd-0000-3ed1-b233fd7cd301 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 33ad26c8-7cfd-0000-3ed1-b233fd7cd301
At line:1 char:28
+ ...  | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

To Bree: Thanks for the tips -- although article #8, which I would delete, no longer seems to allow editing.


Tp Dalchina: Here are the requested screen captures, thanks to Bree:

After keying Win-S:


After right-clicking in the Taskbar:

To dalchina: I have applied the reverse of the "Replace Cortana Icon ..." suggestion, tried to follow the complex instructions in the "Hide or Show ..." tutorials where applicable and rebooted with no change in either box previously captured and shown. While reading the latter suggestion and displaying the register I came across the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search

which contained several Cortana references as follows:

Code:

CanCortanaBeEnabled    REG_DWORD    0X00000001 (1)
CortanaCapabilities    REG_SZ        SpeechLanguage
CortanaCapabilityFlags    REG_DWORD    0x00000200 (512)
CortanaConsent        REG_DWORD    0x00000000 (0)
CortanaInAmbientMode    REG_DWORD    0x00000000 (0)
CortanaMUID        REG_DWORD    MUID=ff612640d69b43eaaa8e2b6002a36ea6
CortanaStateLastRun    REG_BINARY    47 5d 3e 5a 00 00 00 00

Should I change anything in them?

(Tip to everyone: Don't click "Mark Solved" until you have clicked "Post Quick Reply." Apparently I just lost the previous "Quick Reply" by doing that.)

Copying dalchina's registry entries (above) for "CortanaCapabilityFlags" and "CortanaConsent" did the trick. Now Win-S shows the Notebook icon, right-click-taskbar shows "Cortana" instead of "Search," and the magnifying glass on the taskbar (or is that the Start Bar?) is now replaced by the Cortana circle. Wonderful!

Thank you all for your help!

--Robert Smith