Windows 10: Cortana is stupid, but she still has great potential.

We all know that Cortana was one of the smartest personal assistant several years ago. She could chat with you, tell you the weather tomorrow, add tasks to the to-do list. She could even sing a song! She provides the most personalized service by obtaining a large number of user permissions. But these functions no longer exist nowadays.Since the release of Windows 10 2004, Cortana was designed as a single application and can be uninstalled. However, it let Cortana go downhill. What can you do with Cortana in Windows? microsoft.com has told us a lot of things that Cortana can do. But Cortana c

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Cortana Notebook

In order to enable the Notebook icon in Cortana, I suggest you to check if you have enabled Cortana.

To enable Cortana, please follow the steps below:

• Go to Cortana.
• Go to Settings.
• Turn on “Cortana can give you suggestions, ideas, reminders, alerts”.

Hope this helps.

 

Cortana

Hi,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Community.

Appreciate your efforts to work on this issue.

This issue can occur if some of the system files are not working as expected.

Suggest you to follow the steps from this article to
troubleshoot Cortana on the PC.

Note: Do not go with the ‘Reset PC’ option for now.

Method 1: Follow these steps to disable Cortana:

1. Sign-in to the PC with your Microsoft account.
   
2. In the search box at the bottom, type Disable Cortana.
   
3. Once the suggestions appear in the list, click Cortana & Search settings.
   
4. From the right section of the Settings pane, move the top button to ‘Off’ to disable Cortana from Windows 10.
   

Method 2: Follow these steps to check if that helps.

1. Launch Cortana from the search bar on the taskbar.
   
2. Then, from the left pane click the settings button.
   
3. Under "Cortana" (the first option) and slide the pill switch to the ‘Off’ position.
   

Method 3: Launch the Settings app and click on Privacy. Navigate to Speech, inking, & typing, and click Stop getting to know me. These steps will disable Cortana.

Hope this helps.

Let us know if you got the help you needed.

Regards,

Srimadhwa B

Microsoft Community-Moderator

 

Cortana was working great but it stopped opening apps about 2 months ago

Hi,

Thank you for update and reply.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if that helps.

• 
  Click on the Setting or Gear icon by tapping on
  Cortana.
  
• 
  Under Cortana can give you suggestion, ideas, remainders, alerts and more
  Turn off.
  
• 
  Sign out from the current user account.
  
• 
  Restart your computer and follow the same steps to
  Turn on Cortana.
  

Also follow the link suggested by Sharath Srinivasa on July 30, 2015 to check if the settings are set correctly.

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Check for New Windows updates and optional updates.

Windows Update helps keep your computer up to date with the latest system updates and drivers. You can check Windows Update manually to help ensure you have the latest updates.

• Hit Windows Key and type
• Type Windows Updates
• Click on Windows Updates
• Click on Check for updates and install the latest
  windows updates.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

Thanks