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It Make Cortana perform custom tasks on Windows 11/10. It can help you keep up with your daily tasks, answer questions, and let you do things with just your voice. Even though the assistant can be helpful, it can only do certain things. For example, you can use voice commands to run different power options, but you can’t put your PC to sleep or hibernate.
Also, you can tell Cortana to open a certain part of the Settings app with a command, but it can’t change a setting on its own. But you can use Cortana’s “Open” command to run a shortcut that is linked to a specific command or script. This lets you do almost any task by just speaking.
How to Make Cortana perform custom tasks on Windows 11/10
Executing a command
- Use the Windows key + R keyboard shortcut to open the Run command
- Type the following path and click OK:
- C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
- Right-click on an empty area, select New, and click on Shortcut.
- In the “Type the location of the item” field, enter the command you want to execute.
- Click Next.
- Type a descriptive name for the shortcut, which will also be the voice command that
- will allow Cortana to run the task. For example, Hibernate Device.
- Click Finish.
What is Cortana?
The name and idea behind this virtual voice assistant, which came out in 2014, came from a popular “Halo” video game character from the 26th century with the same name. Cortana was made to work with the Windows Phone and, by 2015, Windows 10 PCs. It could help you set up and manage your daily meetings, reminders, and more, as well as search the web. You could do all of this through text or voice commands.
A 2014 Verge report said that everything you asked Cortana to do was then saved in a virtual “Notebook.” This way of using the virtual assistant was based on the work of real assistants who spoke to Microsoft while Cortana was being made.
How does Cortana work?
Cortana is a voice assistant from Microsoft that can be used on any device, service, or program. It lets you quickly get information by typing or speaking questions that connect you to other people, your work, and your plans. Cortana can work more like a real assistant than ever before because it is now more focused on helping you with Microsoft products.
Once Cortana is turned on, there are several ways to ask it to do something. You can do these things by clicking or tapping the microphone icon in products and services that work with Cortana, typing “Shift + Windows Key + C” on the keyboard, or saying “Hey Cortana” and a voice command. You’ll need to turn on Cortana on your PC if you haven’t already.
FAQ
What happened to Cortana in Windows 11?
There’s no Cortana icon on the Windows 11 taskbar, so the easiest way to find Cortana is through search. Click the Search icon on the taskbar and type “Cortana” into the search box.
How do I change Cortana settings?
Click inside the Search box on the left of the taskbar, then click the Settings icon. Here, click all the switches to Off. If you’re concerned about the data Cortana has collected on you, click Change what Cortana knows about me in the cloud, then click Clear.
Can I change Hey Cortana to something else?
To set a wake word for MyCortana, go back to Settings and click the plus sign on the right to add a new entry. Next, give Cortana a name, click OK, then OK again, and you’re ready to go.