Before you begin it should be noted that this breaks search function with regular search bar, BUT if you use a Start Replacement like I do, Star10, You will still have a working search function. Via (Detailed guide, not Direct DL Link) Just download the Zip (Uninstall_Cortana_[winaero.com]_1802.zip) and Run the CMD (Uninstall Cortana.cmd) as Admin. The zip contains 2 files: install_wim_tweak.exe Uninstall Cortana.cmd It is free, install_wim_tweak.exe can also be gotten from Legolash2o's page linked below and you could create your own CMD if you are leary of running downloaded CMD's as Admin.. Read Article, apparently it is hard to reinstall! 'Behind this trick is an application called WIMTweak which manages Windows Packages and allows you to hide/unhide them from the Windows image (WIM) file. It works on offline images as well as online.
WIMTweak was created by MSFN user Legolash2o, so credits for this awesome tool go to him.' --WinAero The Contents of the CMD are: (But most of the Magic happens with WIMTweak) @echo off cd /d '%~dp0' echo Uninstalling Cortana. CLS install_wim_tweak.exe /o /l install_wim_tweak.exe /o /c Microsoft-Windows-Cortana /r install_wim_tweak.exe /h /o /l echo Cortana should be uninstalled. Please reboot Windows 10.
Install_wim_tweak.exe Description. Install_wim_tweak.exe is identified as a dangerous Trojan virus which sneaks into target computer without users notice.
If this happens during OSD, it is likely due to 2 settings in the BIOS. I recommend WIN7 - Boot mode: Legacy Sata mode: AHCI Win10- Boot mode: UEFI Sata mode: AHCI From the log: The task sequence execution engine failed executing the action (Use Toolkit Package) in the group (Initialization) with the error code Action output. Update: Adding more scratch space to the boot wim seems to have resolved the problem on Windows 10, Windows 7 seems to still have issues. Update: This update is also in Windows 10 CU 3163018, causing the same error. No workaround yet If your build and capture is failing at the capture step make sure you don't have the cumulative Security Update for IE11 KB3160005. It's somehow stopping the registry load part of the step.
The task sequence execution engine failed executing the action (Capture the Reference Machine) in the group (Capture the Reference Machine) with the error code Action output. For Cortana to work with your language you need to install the appropriate speech pack however if you are connected to an enterprise WSUS you won't be able to see additional downloads for your language. To work around this you can get the language cab files from the 'Windows 10 Features on Demand' iso available via volume license and MSDN downloads, then use dism commands to apply the desired language packages. In this example we are killing the Silverlight start menu folder enabling us to use the Windows Updates while keeping the start menu clean. Create the Configuration Item 1.
In the console click Create Configuration Item 2. Name your configuration item, click 'This configuration item contains application settings' and click Next 3. Select 'Always assume application is installed' and click Next 4. Click New, Change the Setting type to 'Script'. Change the Data type to 'String'. Also name your Setting.