Windows 10: Search icon on taskbar

to run type "gpedit" in seach (cortana) and select "edit Group Policy" and follow the instruction brink linked to above "option one"

 

You're most welcome. *Smile

 

That tutorial was Oct 2015 Ms has changed how Cortana is configured with a tweak to the registry. So the tutorial is now dead in the water.

 

I have just done the group policy edit (windows version in screenshot)

 

It still works. Please try and see. *Smile

 

Well I am at a loss because mine does not do that! maybe I should roll back and then waste another 4 hours trying again. No thanks! I simply cannot wait to see the back of Win 10 once and for all. This is just typical of why Win 10 will ultimately fail.

 

You can check you have no install errors by:

right click start button *Start

Select "command prompt (admin)"
type Code: SFC /SCANNOW[/quote] see if it thows any errors

 

It looks like it worked since I see the search icon on the taskbar.

 

Bizarrely I gave it one more shot this morning and it worked!! Great stuff! - still hate Win 10

 

Glad it worked (this time) *Thumbs

 

Just a reminder: you don't need the search box or icon on the taskbar, you can simply press Start then start typing.

 

Thanks Edwin. No one tells you this stuff, and certainly not M/s.

 

That's one of the reasons for reading forums such as this one, lots can be learned. Same thing for books, the Books for Dummies are quite useful [probably wouldn't have been a catchy title if they called it Books for the Uninformed].

 

There is a very simple way. Because I live in Singapore, Cortana is turned off by default because English(Singapore) is not a supported language. Simply change your device language to something other than the one listed like English(Singapore), and press the default language button. ta da Cortana gone and magnifying glass back.


Unless this isn't the one you are asking for.