I guess they figured out where people clicked a lot and put the button there?

Looking forward to the Google search trends for "disable copilot"

Win+d, I wasn't even aware there was an icon for it. If it's not the date, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or VPN, I'm all keys

can this be hidden via registry or group policy?

It’s too bad that the year of the linux desktop has been so long in the coming. Because now, it really is far superior to windows. Bluetooth, printers, and games even “just work” these days.

/shrug

Sorry about all the dorks here. You spotted a problem and proposed a solution and rather than propose better solutions people are just bitching about the suggested solution without offering better ideas.

so.... where's the hide button?

I've already switched to Linux partially. My PC now dual boots to Manjaro and Windows. I won't switch completely, but it's great to have such an awesome alternative right there one click of a button away. And the funny thing is that I'm not even the only one amongst my friends to do that. We are now three already and we even game on Linux too.

I can't run a lot of games with anti-cheat on Linux, so it's not viable for me.

Is that a default-ish tray these days? It looks like a complete mess.

Please stop. This is getting me depressed and I don't even use Windows.

Switch to Linux!

Where your sound card can stop working randomly when you reboot, or your network card won't work at the same time as your mouse!

These threads are exhausting. You can easily turn this off. I didn't even have to look up how, I right clicked the task bar weeks ago and just disabled it. I didn't notice it move because it had been off this whole time.

But sure... The ONLY solution is to ditch Windows.