• Happy holidays, folks! Thanks to each and every one of you for being part of the Tom's Hardware community!

Can't delete Cortana's folder from PC

ToxiicHydra

Reputable
Aug 2, 2015
78
0
4,640
Okay like the title says I cant delete this damn folder. The folder is Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy, this is the cortana folder that is taking up my memory usage in task manager. When I try to delete is with right click delete or "shift, delete" I click okay then it deletes kinda then pauses, then it says You need permission to perform this action, but I go to the folder properties and change my permission and still it happens like what the actual **** Microsoft. If anyone can help me I would really appreciate it.
 
Solution
You can't afaik it's part of windows now, like explorer.exe (the shell is)
Even with everything cortana related disabled you will still see the process running.