Windows 10: Install Cortana by PowerShell if package is not available

Since I cannot use the Store, I need to install Cortana by PowerShell. If I typeAppxPackage -AllUsers Where {$_.Name -Match "Microsoft.Windows.Cortana" }there is no result. Cortana is NOT installed. If I type Get-AppXPackage -Name Microsoft.Windows.Cortana Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$$_.InstallLocationAppXManifest.xml}I get a>>and nothing else happens. I suspect that there is no package in my system where Cortana can be installed from, So I need to download it and all its dependnecies. But how?

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Is Cortana's Package Tracking ability not available in the UK?

Hi Estragon,



Thanks for posting on Microsoft Community. We regret the inconvenience caused and will assist you in resolving the issue.



Before assisting further, I would like to ask you a few questions:

• 
  Have you logged in into Cortana using Microsoft account?
  
• 
  Have you updated your PC to the latest build for the option to be displayed in Cortana’s Notebook?
  

You will be able to use the Cortana Notebook if you are logged in into Cortana using a Microsoft account. Cortana is activated on the PC only on using a Microsoft account to login into the feature. After logging in once, Cortana feature will be enabled
on the PC until turned off on the PC.



If you haven’t, login into Cortana using a Microsoft account and follow the steps below to check if the issue is resolved.

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  After logging in into Cortana, expand the options available in the feature by clicking on the three horizontal lines located at the top left corner of the window.
  
• 
  Click on Notebook and scroll down the options available in the page to select
  Packages.
  
• 
  Enable Package tracking card option by sliding the bar to
  On and click on Add a package.
  
• 
  Enter the package ID in the given box and follow the on-screen instructions.
  
• 
  Close the window and check if the changes are effective.
  

Refer to the link below on Cortana package tracking:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/cortana-package-tracking#v1h=tab03



Write to us with the status of the issue on the same post for further assistance. Your reply is important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.

 

Cortana Package Tracking

Hi Dwain,

With regard to your query, Cortana package tracking tracks package from the following retailers:

• Amazon.com
• Target
• Walmart
• Apple
• eBay
• Microsoft Store

To know more about Cortana package tracking, please check this link:
Cortana package tracking.

Let us know if there is anything else we can do to help.

 

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