Windows 10: I completely killed Cortana, way back... nothing works for reset

I found the Cortana feature extremely creepy and turned it off COMPLETELY. Now I would like to use her for dictation.

I don't remember what I did to disable it, but I would have gone for the most brutal method... Now it is completely missing from my computer.. No process running, no option in start menu.

• I already checked the group policy and registry settings and that is not how I turned it off. It is as if Cortana never existed.
• I even tried re-installing the Cortana package from Powershell... Still no sign of Cortana...

I am using Windows UK edition with UK settings. I know Cortana was there when I first installed Windows 10.
Is there anything else I can try?

Please do not advise me to perform a clean re-install of Windows!

:)

 

CORTANA

None of the method listed here works.

This effectively killed Cortana process, but disabled my start menu along with it.

[How To] Completely Disable Cortana In Windows 10

Any suggestions that kills Cortana, but leave my start menu alive?

Shigeki

 

Any working way to remove Cortana?


Is there a way to completely remove Cortana? I disabled it, but it keeps running in the background.
I did find some suggestions to remove it, but it also removes the search and causes problems to other stuff.
So is there a working way by now to do that?

Thanks!

 

Any working way to remove Cortana?


Is there a way to do that without downloading the reg file? (Can I do that myself?)
Also, will that stop the Cortana background process?
Because I already disabled Cortana itself alone, what you're suggesting is additional. or just another way to disable Cortana but leaving it working in the background?*Huh