How do I resize Cortana?

opethdisciple · 24 Aug 2018 at 23:44

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?

WantoN · 29 Aug 2018 at 21:43

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.

jongraphs · 24 Sep 2018 at 20:02

Click and drag not working for me. Checked and the taskbar is not locked. Am I missing something?

opethdisciple · 26 Sep 2018 at 22:59

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.

WantoN · 26 Sep 2018 at 23:28

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.

jongraphs · 30 Sep 2018 at 03:58

Dang, I liked the wider Cortana

darael · 30 Sep 2018 at 10:11

WantoN said:
I don’t like the prying eyes of Cortana; I cut it out of the registry.

How do you do this and does it affect the Start menu, with searching?

WantoN · 30 Sep 2018 at 21:02

darael said:
How do you do this and does it affect the Start menu, with searching?

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.

darael · 30 Sep 2018 at 23:10

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.

Which part of the the registry do you remove? This the .reg file I use:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search]
"AllowCortana"=dword:00000000

WantoN · 30 Sep 2018 at 23:13

I believe I used this guide :

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thewindowsclub.com/disable-turn-off-cortana-windows-10/amp

The second part is via registry rather than Group Policy.

Remember to backup the registry first..

darael · 30 Sep 2018 at 23:52

WantoN said:
I believe I used this guide :

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thewindowsclub.com/disable-turn-off-cortana-windows-10/amp

The second part is via registry rather than Group Policy.

Remember to backup the registry first..

I just realised that I put the code in to disable Defender above - edited now.

But it looks we're doing the same changes in the registry. :cool:

WantoN · 1 Oct 2018 at 12:32

darael said:
I just realised that I put the code in to disable Defender above - edited now.

But it looks we're doing the same changes in the registry.

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.

jongraphs · 4 Oct 2018 at 19:11

Yay! Wide Cortana is back in 1809