How do I resize Cortana?

opethdisciple

opethdisciple

opethdisciple

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For some reason over the last week my Cortana has changed size with out me doing anything to it.

Any one know how I resize it back to normal?

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Just looks like you need to resize the start bar, it’s click and drag on the edges. Double check it’s not locked.

I don’t like the prying eyes of Cortana; I cut it out of the registry.
 
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This resolved it's self without me doing anything.

I believe it was a bug introduced by MS which fixed itself. Either just after a few restarts or they actually patched it in a later patch.
 
Thanks for letting us know it's sorted.

I don't know if its the same for people who use Cortana, but my search bar is much brighter in the latest updates. Preferred the understanded look.
 
darael said:
How do you do this and does it affect the Start menu, with searching?
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There’s quite a few guides out there. It’s just a few registry edits. The executable still runs but no longer uses much in the way or rescources, and I’ve blocked its internet access with Glasswire; an excellent lightweight firewall.

Search functionality remains, it only searches the computer and says “search windows”.

Much prefer it.
 
WantoN said:
There’s quite a few guides out there. It’s just a few registry edits. The executable still runs but no longer uses much in the way or rescources, and I’ve blocked its internet access with Glasswire; an excellent lightweight firewall.

Search functionality remains, it only searches the computer and says “search windows”.

Much prefer it.
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Which part of the the registry do you remove? This the .reg file I use:
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search]
"AllowCortana"=dword:00000000
 
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darael said:
I just realised that I put the code in to disable Defender above - edited now. :o

But it looks we're doing the same changes in the registry. :cool:
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If you’re interested I can post all of the edits I make to a new windows install. I cut out OneDrive and as much telemetry as I can. I also block internet access/disable a lot of processes.

SpyBot Anti-Beacon is the best start though. It’s simple, but good.
 
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