r/pcmasterrace • u/After_Cookies • 7d ago

News/Article “Nobody wants Copilot”: Microsoft pauses Copilot on Windows 11’s taskbar to “incorporate your feedback," as Microslop backlash continues

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/10/07/nobody-wants-copilot-microsoft-pauses-copilot-on-windows-11s-taskbar-to-incorporate-your-feedback/
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u/WPHero 7d ago

my friend remapped the key to run a powershell script that uninstalls copilot everytime the button is clicked accidentally lool

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u/Repulsive-Durian4800 7d ago

That's more elegant than my solution, which was to pop the key cap off with a butter knife.

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u/TemptedTemplar i7-8700k@5Ghz, 64GB 3ghz CL15 7d ago

You can use PowerToys from the Microsoft store just permanently remap the key to a different function.

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u/Any_Conflict_5092 7d ago

I just buy mechanical keyboards - so the whole key switch can be removed, and then my keyboard has a pirate smile. Which makes me laugh, so I don't actually fix it.

Remapping would be prettier, but sometimes, I just wanna be a pirate, ya know?

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u/CatShrink 7d ago

Please provide an example, I can't visualise a pirate keyboard

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u/vertigostereo RTX 3060, AMD 5700X, & RGB! 7d ago

Bummer for laptops, unless you use a USB keyboard anyway, like me

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u/Faranae 4790K |1080 QHD| 32GB 7d ago

I did this to my Caps lock button lol. It's nice having an extra Shift in pinky finger range for my small-ass hands. xD

Powertoys really is the GOAT. So many useful (and mostly lightweight) tools.

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u/FrenchFriedMushroom 7d ago

Can I also do that to remap the fucking keyboard mounted power buttons?

If so, will it still turn the laptop on?

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u/TemptedTemplar i7-8700k@5Ghz, 64GB 3ghz CL15 7d ago

Now that I do not know. Feel like you shouldn't attempt it unless you have an external option.

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u/FrenchFriedMushroom 7d ago

Be an interesting "prank" to pull on GeekSqad

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u/psych2099 7d ago

I did that to my bluetooth keyboards fullscreen button because it turns off my raspberry pi 4 every time its pressed.

Never understood why but occasional the pi freezes and pressing that button auto shuts it down.

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u/Unumbotte 7d ago

Congratulations it's now a copilot knife

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u/Vaeon 7d ago

You need to buy that person a cold drink.

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u/aoifeobailey 7d ago

Shit, someone send me the script and his ko-fi and I'll buy him a cold drink xD

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u/UGD_ReWiindz25 7d ago

This guys friend scripts!!

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u/veevoir 5700X3D||rx9070||32GB of sound financial investment 7d ago

That is a very fair counter to windows update sneakily reinstalling or reenabling bloat/spyware features

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u/destroyerOfTards 7d ago

every time?

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u/sibips 7d ago

You entered Settings and disabled the related switches. Followed three online tutorials. But that was two weeks ago, patch Tuesday came and went.

Now it's Thursday. Are you absolutely sure you don't have Copilot enabled?

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u/SpiceTrader56 7d ago

I did the same thing except the button now opens Steam