Copilot does not appear on Windows 11 taskbar

Question

Copilot still doesn't appear on the Windows 11 taskbar, even after the 23H2 update, despite running the command microsoft-edge://?ux=copilot&tcp=1&source=taskbar and / or modifying the AllowCopilotRuntime, IsCopilotAvailable settings in the registry (which makes Copilot open in the browser rather than on the right-hand side of the screen).

Answer 1

Try enabling Copilot using PowerShell or Command Prompt:

New-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" -Name "TaskbarCopilot" -Value 1 -PropertyType DWORD -Force
Stop-Process -Name explorer -Force

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Also, here are the values that come back automatically to zero at every reboot :

IsUserEligible (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Copilot\BingChat)

AllowCopilotRuntime (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsCopilot)

IsCopilotAvailable (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Copilot)

ShowCopilotButton (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced)

Answer 4

Since Microsoft recently turned Copilot into a PWA (Progressive Web App) we can pin Copilot from Edge to the taskbar and the start menu :

1. with Edge, enter the URL edge://apps/all?q=copilot // or go to bing.com and click the Copilot icon to the right of the search field //
2. open the ··· menu on Edge upper right corner, then > Apps > Install

Other actions that can be tested beforehand (but which in many cases produce no results) are :

• open the command prompt [Windows] + [R] and write microsoft-edge://?ux=copilot&tcp=1&source=taskbar
• and/or set to 0 or 1 the value of the following registry variables:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Copilot\BingChat (for IsUserEligible=1)
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsCopilot (for AllowCopilotRuntime=1)
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Copilot (for IsCopilotAvailable=1)
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot (for TurnOffWindowsCopilot=0)
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced (for ShowCopilotButton=1)

Answer 5

@Martyn Higgs Copilot (Preview) button on the lower right hand side of the taskbar desappearing is due to the fact that Microsoft recently turned Copilot into a PWA (Progressive Web App) in opposition to a real software.