Windows 10: Cortana activation without minimizing current window

Hi all,

thanks to the forum help here, I have mapped the cortana activation to a button on an IR remote.
I want to use Cortana with on my HTPC. However, when I activate Cortana, the media center software (KODI) is minimized to the task bar.

Is is possible to set Cortana (or windows menus in general) so, that thex get to the foreground, but do not minimize the currently open window?

Thanks in advance.

Regards


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Cortana doesn't respond to "Hey Cortana"

Nokia Lumia 635 currently on Windows 10 version 10.0.10536

Cortana doesn't activate on saying "Hey Cortana"

Cortana responds if I press the "mic" symbol and hears my request.

There's no "Allow Cortana to respond to Hey Cortana" anywhere in Cortana settings.

How do I get Cortana to respond to "Hey Cortana"?

 

Windows Password

I am trying to log into Windows to activate Cortana.

My password was not accepted (or forgotten - depends on your point of view).

I went through the steps of resetting my password.

Once I had my new password, I resumed my efforts to activate Cortana.

It asks me to input my previous password.

There is no way I could get past this page because I did not know my previous password (had to reset my password).

If someone lets me know how I can activate Cortana without knowing my previous password, I'll activate and start using Cortana.

If not, I'll do things the way I have up to this date - without Cortana.

 

I have solved this myself. If possible, set video settings of the application to "windowed fullscreen" instead of true fullscreen.

This will make the application loose focus, when Cortana is activated, but it remains in the background.