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How do I turn off Copilot in Word documents?
I managed to disable a little bit of copilot functionality, I went back to the system internals website and downloaded and app called process monitor, and discovered that word was talking to a file called WordCopilot.js found under FA000000139, (Full path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\sdxs\FA000000139) removing this file doesn't break word and it disables *some* of copilot functionality, I think if I spend a bit more time with it and get a bit more surgical with it we might be able to remove the feature entirely. 😁
I managed to disable the annoying copilot dingbat in Word! 😲 But I had to resort to extreme measures, for whatever reason it's disabled on my work computer, or my work computer never got the update, although when I tested further it seems they are the same version, so I took a copy of the version I have at work, copied it from the program files, and then deleted the version that was in my program files and then pasted the version from work and it worked! I can't believe it! it worked, free at last of this wretched dingbat.
My next step will be running a diff on both versions, (something has to be different), if I can isolate the file or DLL, we could potentially build a patch and get rid of this gross visual virus that's been tormenting my word cursor for the last couple of weeks.
I'm just so relieved right now. 😁😁
I also disabled updates on word, and I can confirm that it is logged in with my personal account.
Edit: there is definitely something in the applications configuration, that's different, I tested it in PowerPoint and I got the dingbat for all of a few seconds before it disappeared.