Wait until millions realize they have Windows home and don’t have group policy editor
That’s a good point:
Disable copilot via regedit
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot] “TurnOffWindowsCopilot”=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot] “TurnOffWindowsCopilot”=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge] “HubsSidebarEnabled”=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer] “DisableSearchBoxSuggestions”=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer] “DisableSearchBoxSuggestions”=dword:00000001
Reenable copilot via regedit
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot] “TurnOffWindowsCopilot”=-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot] “TurnOffWindowsCopilot”=-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge] “HubsSidebarEnabled”=-
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer] “DisableSearchBoxSuggestions”=-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer] “DisableSearchBoxSuggestions”=-
Gotta love Microsoft. “We need this to store either a 0 or a 1. How many bits should we take up, boss?”
32.
Like other options of its ilk, this surely ultimately just sets a flag in the registry someplace, which anyone can do once we figure out what the path to that flag is.
Incidentally, although I have not had to do this in a long time, you can move a copy of the Group Policy Management snap-in (gpedit.msc) from a Windows 10 pro/enterprise/whatever machine over to a Win10 Home machine and run it, and it’ll Just Work.
Edit:
Found it. The value is in:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilotThe value is literally just called
TurnOffWindowsCopilot.That was easy, for a change.
I confirmed that twiddling the Group Policy setting sets this to either 0 or 1.
This is also adjacent to the “Disable Windows Consumer Features” setting, which is located right next to it in
CloudContent.Another flag most sane people will want to set to 1.
By the time I typed out “how to disable” auto correct guessed “copilot” was the next word. Clever girl.
Please, tell me more about this:
Holy shit “we and our 1500 partners we share your data with respect your privacy”
Lol that awful didn’t realize xda had fallen so far
Yeah I had the same observation recently, especially when I got that popup and then couldn’t find anything relevant to what I was looking for. It’s just a random tech blog now.
XDA forums (search for that) is the old xda.
Despite God mode, you still can’t delete system files. Linux wins again.
You absolutely can, it’s just not easy.
It’s a universal settings app that you can launch by naming a file to a verifica specific string
IDDQD, if M$ were based
I hate this wording choise, that “Turn off windows copilot” - Enabled, actually means that copilot is disabled. Confusing and unintuitive. It should say just “windows Copilot: Enabled/Disabled”. Why is MS like this?
It’s a boolean operation implementing the rule in question. 0 is no action, 1 is do whatever the action is.
In this case the action is a negative – disable the thing – so it is indeed semantically confusing to anyone who doesn’t have binary brain.
The option for “Disable Windows Consumer Features” (i.e. stop installing Candy Crush and other bullshit in your start menu without your consent) works the same way.
Love how the first response to this question is to hide the icon. I’m guessing this thing is loading at boot and using some resources. If someone wants it disabled, tell them how to disable it not just sit there running all the damn time but you’ve forgotten about it because the icon isn’t there. How to I turn off my beeping smoke alarm copilot? “You have a couple of options, the first would be to place heavy earmuffs over your ears so you no longer hear the beeping.”
I did the very same recently and found that the first advice actually stops extra edge processes from running, so I’m good with that.
have you heard of our lord and savior linux
