Cortana Missing Windows 10

Yes there are thousands of threads like this, but none that seem to match my specific issue.

I was having trouble accessing my start menu and cortana, I did some searching and found the issue was typical, so I downloaded the official trouble shooter for the start menu, Needless to say, the trouble shooter couldn't solve my issue, I figured maybe just a restart after the trouble shooter would help, since its possible the trouble shooter was a catalyst and I just needed to restart to solve it, and done, the start menu was working flawlessly, HOWEVER, the spot on the start menu cortana occupied was now empty, obviously I noticed immediately as I only have a few apps present on my start menu. So I did some checking and couldn't find her anywhere on my computer... Now, I know what you're thinking, 'you have to enable her in your 'locations' settings, because cortana needs to utilize your location....' Well, one step ahead of you, I checked my location settings and the cortana app is no where to be found... numerous searches show shes no where on my computer any longer.... I tried downloading her from the Microsoft website but all I get is a document explaining cortanas functions... please someone help, quickly, I use her often and I really need her particularly right now. which is why its so irritating all these problems happened right at this time...

You can try running following command in POWERSHELL as administrator

Code:

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

and see if it helps. Otherwise you can hold down shift key as you press restart, go to advanced startup options, and do system restore. If none of these work, you can reinstall Windows 10 as an upgrade over top of itself, reset Windows 10 keeping all your stuff, or just do a reinstall.

Ok I tried the powershell thing, and I got this

Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02, The package could not be installed because resources it
modifies are currently in use. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073D02)
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] aaba9efb-b56a-0002-c8cc-baaa6ab5d101 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID aaba9efb-b56a-0002-c8cc-baaa6ab5d101
At line:1 char:38
+ ... | 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

You may need to restart.

[Fix] Problem in Windows 10 - AskVG

granddy said:

[Fix] Problem in Windows 10 - AskVG

Thanks granddy, but that didnt help either. the powershell thing gave me another failed result error.

Timesagex20 said:

Thanks granddy, but that didnt help either. the powershell thing gave me another failed result error.

Did you look at this

[Guide] How to Reinstall All Default Built-in Apps in Windows 10 - AskVG

granddy said:

Did you look at this

[Guide] How to Reinstall All Default Built-in Apps in Windows 10 - AskVG

Also look at this

Apps - Reinstall and Re-register in Windows 8 and 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Why not just simply do a Repair Install instead of messing around with possible fixes ?
The time you folks spent on searching and trying out tutorials, would be more than enough to do a repair install.