Windows 10: How do I make Cortana greet me each time i access her?

Hello,
Basically the title of this thread- how do I have Cortana respond back as say 'Yes <myname>' every time I say 'Hey Cortana'? After that I shoot my query.
Thanks.

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Cortana no longer pops up with greetings or info on taskbar!

Hi,

Logout and login into Cortana by following the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.



Step 1: To logout of Cortana, follow the steps below:

• Click on Cortana icon located next to Start button on the Task bar.
• Click on Notebook located at the left panel of the Cortana Window.
• Click on About me and select the Microsoft account you are currently logged in into.
• Click on the user account displayed in the window and select Sign out.

Step 2: To sign in into Cortana, follow the steps below:

• Click on Cortana icon located next to Start button on the Task bar.
• Click on Notebook located at the left panel of the Cortana Window.
• Click on About me and login using the Microsoft account credentials.
• Close the window and check if the changes are effective.

Write to us with the status of Cortana not working on the computer for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.

 

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