Rosemary hates Windows 10’s Cortana
I hate this feature and can’t turn it off. I went to settings and to Cortana and turned off all her functions and she is still yapping at me – “Down arrow” “down arrow” Bad work, Microsoft, very bad!
Our answer
For those not using Windows 10 – Cortana is Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s Siri. A sort of virtual concierge to help you with stuff like “What’s the weather?” “What’s on TCM tonight?” “How do I make a zillion dollars?” Stuff like that.
Some like Cortana and some don’t like Cortana, while other couldn’t care less. To each his/her own.
You can turn off Cortana, once and for all, via the registry. Most people don’t like mucking about in the registry, so we’ve created a zip file containing 2 REG keys: One to turn off (Disable) Cortana and one to turn on (Enable) Cortana. Download our Disable-Enable-Cortana zip file from here, and save it to your desktop. Unzip the file. You’ll have two files – one called Disable_Cortana and the other called Enable_Cortana (just in case you want to turn Cortana back on someday). Double-click on Disable_Cortana.reg . It will add a DWORD to the registry that will disable Cortana. In order for the change to take effect, you’ll need to restart your computer. Nothing will change until you restart you’re computer.
If you’re sure you’re never going to want Cortana, you can delete the zip file that you downloaded. If you’re not sure, or want to play it safe, save the zip file in your downloads or documents folder. All you have to do to enable Cortana, is just unzip the file and double-click on Enable_Cortana.reg and restart you’re computer.
Hope this stops Cortana from nagging you. Now if I only had a zip file to make EB stop nagging me!
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