Add Cortana to Your Desktop

Windows 10 is shipped with an intelligent personal assistant known as Cortana. You can interact with Cortana through voice commands, with the [Windows] + [C] key combo or by clicking in the Search field, but if you don’t feel like using any of the above methods, you can always create a shortcut on your desktop. This article will guide you through the different steps involved in the creation of a desktop shortcut for Cortana. 

How To Create a Desktop Shortcut Pointing to Cortana

Right-click on the Start menu and select the Run command from the Power User menu. Type

shell:AppsFolder 

and press Enter to open Windows 10’s Application folder: 
Right-click on Cortana’s icon > Create shortcut: 
Windows 10 will display a small warning message that reads Windows can’t create a shortcut here. Do you want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop instead?. Click on Yes to create the shortcut: 
N.B. Head back to the Application folder to create desktop shortcuts for other programs, tools or settings.

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