Windows 10: Cannot put Cortana back on my taskbar.... HELP! I messed up!

Ok so, this is my work computer and I did the upgrade to windows 10 and my first reaction was to go thru and get rid of all these apps and things I don't need on a work computer. Well, Cortana was one of the first things to go. Big mistake. I realized later that Cortana was the only way to search my computer for files. I had removed her search box, and the little O icon on my taskbar. The only place she remains is in the start menu.





I have been googling for 2 days now trying to figure out how to put that dang search box BACK ONTO MY TASKBAR! I cannot right click the taskbar and select Cortana and choose to hide or place on taskbar or anything of that nature like all the articles I keep reading, because I removed her completely.



See?? Not there, no Cortana mentioned at all.

I cannot drag Cortana out of the start menu and pin it back on the taskbar, it simply will not let me.





Nowhere in the settings can I find the option to put Cortana back as a search bar on my taskbar. Or to just put her back on the taskbar as the O icon. I used the search feature from my start menu in Windows 7 daily. Yes, I can open the start menu and click on cortana, then click on the search box and type my inquiry, but 9 times out of 10 I am on the phone with someone spouting off information that needs to be accessed quickly and eliminating the few extra clicks it takes to access Cortana like I am currently, would make me so very happy.

Can anyone help me with this?! Pretty pretty please with a cherry on top? I am about to rip out my hair over here. Thank you SO MUCH in advance for anyone that has the answer to this!

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NOKIA LUMINA 635

I want to change the email and password on my Microsoft account for my phone. I currently have a gmail account and the password i put in does not work. So I cannot get Cortana to work either because if I tap Cortana it takes me to Enter your Microsoft
account password. My phone service provider told me Cortana does not with with gmail oly outlook.com???!!! They tried changing my password and really messed it up.

HELP PLEASE....THX

 

HELP!!!!

Laptop recently did an update and when the computer had rebooted, most of my applications that had been put there were gone and I do not know how to get this back. My microsoft edge had also deleted itself from my taskbar and I cannot get to it without searching
for it in cortana.

Can anyone help with either of these issues?

 

If you right click at the Start button, do you see Search on the list ?
If yes, will it open when you click it ?

 

You could try right clicking on an empty bit of the taskbar then select "search" and choose "Show search icon" or "Show search box"

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...0-taskbar.html

 

Well now I feel like a huge derp, because that is exactly what I needed!!!!!!!!! Thank you SO MUCH! I can't believe I have wasted so much time trying to figure it out when it was that easy lol, I guess I was expecting it to say something about Cortana!