ReKilling Cortana zombies.

From	Jeff-Relf.Me @.
Message-ID	<Jeff-Relf.Me@Jul.13--1.47am.Seattle.2018> (permalink)
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Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, sci.physics, alt.comp.os.windows-10, news.software.readers, comp.lang.c++, alt.checkmate
Subject	ReKilling Cortana zombies.
Organization	usenet-news.net
Date	2018-07-13 01:47 -0700

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Previously, I wrote:
> Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K: Toggles "Touch Keyboard" On/Off.
> "Randomly", the keyboard is slow to come up; I'm working on it. 

The fix was to ReKill Cortana.
Windows Update brings Cortana back from the dead, as a zombie;
Zombie Cortana then randomly blocks "Touch Keyboard".

Find the Cortana process in the TaskManager -> "Open File Location".
ReTake, ReGain ownership of the Cortana folder.

Try to rename the folder [ a prompt will come up ];
kill Cortana so you can _Quickly_ hit "Try again", 
thus renaming it before Cortana returns from the dead.

Copy Over a TextFile and give it the same name as the Cortana folder,
so (hopefully) the folder won't get ReCreated.

Merge the following into the registry and ReBoot:

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search]
    "AllowCortana"=dword:0

Thread

Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-10 13:52 -0700
  Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. % <persent@gmail.com> - 2018-07-10 13:56 -0700
  ReKilling Cortana zombies. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-13 01:47 -0700
  Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. Storage Unit <storage.unit@mailinator.com> - 2018-07-15 22:01 -0500
    As I get older, I give fewer and fewer fucks. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-15 22:09 -0700
      If the keyboard doesn't come up right away. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-16 06:12 -0700
        ITipInvocation.Toggle() fails BIG TIME if it's called more than once a second. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-23 03:12 -0700
          I'm narrowing it down, hopefully. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-23 16:34 -0700
            InputApp and TabTIP are _always_ killed. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-25 05:48 -0700
              Kill&ReStart the "touch keyboard" before bringing it "up" ( on screen ). Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-28 12:31 -0700
                Kill&ReStart the "touch keyboard" before bringing it "up" ( on screen ). Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-30 06:15 -0700
        Re: Another fail, another post... "Colonel Edmund J. Burke" <burkesbabes@bigass-babes.com> - 2018-07-25 07:00 -0700
    Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-07-16 16:05 +0000
      Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2018-07-16 19:31 +0300
      Switch SysFolders to Short, Friendly Paths, all under "C:\__" ( Home ). Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-16 10:15 -0700
      Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. Storage Unit <storage.unit@mailinator.com> - 2018-07-17 05:32 -0500
        Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. % <Persent@gmail.com> - 2018-07-18 06:23 -0700
  Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2018-07-22 10:43 -0700
    Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2018-07-22 11:06 -0700
    You can convert your speech into text, instead of typing. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-22 11:48 -0700
      Re: You can convert your speech into text, instead of typing. Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2018-07-22 16:22 -0700
  Re: Toggling "Touch Keyboard" On/Off, Firefox and Chrome. "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2018-07-31 19:46 -0700
    NewsPapers and HandWritten letters are still good; just not as good. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-07-31 20:18 -0700

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