Cortana "lives" in the taskbar, but before you can get her into her home you have to launch her for the first time.

How to set up Cortana on Windows

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Click on the Start Menu button. It's the Windows

icon in the bottom left corner of your screen.

Click All apps.

Click Cortana.

Click on the Cortana button. It's the circle

icon above the Windows icon.

Click Use Cortana.

Click Yes if you want speech, inking, and typing

personalization turned on. This helps Cortana

get to know you better and can help her

complete various tasks. You can also choose

No thanks if you don't want this feature turned

on.