Missing Copilot shortcut on the taskbar

[mande1191]

As mentioned elsewhere, it has never worked correctly for me (Microsoft 365 Family+Copilot Pro). I manage with variants of the command "microsoft-edge://?ux=copilot&tcp=1&source=taskbar" "to fix a Copilot icon on the taskbar, next to the search box. However, this is not stable and stopped working last week. Now this workaround works again. On Saturday it briefly showed me the new Copilot icon on the right side of the screen.

After a restart it was no longer visible.

I did a lot of research and analyzed a lot, without success. In the Windows11 settings "Personalization>Taskbar" the selection "Copilot" is not available.

What can I do to make the shortcut on the taskbar work normally/officially so that Copilot is docked on the right-hand side of the screen?

Thank you very much for your support, which I greatly appreciate.

Best Regards
Andreas

[#2]

Hello Tech-Members 

I made the following observations: After starting Windows, I run a script with wscript.exe in "Administrator" mode:

wscript.sleep 5000
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strKeyPath1 = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Copilot\BingChat\"
objShell.RegWrite strKeyPath1 & "IsUserEligible", "1", "REG_DWORD"
wscript.sleep 3000
strKeyPath2 = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\"
objShell.RegWrite strKeyPath2 & "ShowCopilotButton", "0", "REG_DWORD"
wscript.sleep 1500
strKeyPath2 = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\"
objShell.RegWrite strKeyPath2 & "ShowCopilotButton", "1", "REG_DWORD"

 

The Copilot icon can now be activated via the settings of the taskbar by turning the "Active Applications" off and on again. Every "normal" Edge window must be closed, otherwise clicking on the Copilot icon will "only" open a new Edge window.
After a restart, the whole "magic" is over. However, by running the srcipt again, the icon can be reactivated.
Source: reddit.com

I hope that the findings will serve to actually solve the problem.

Thank you and best regards
Andreas

[#3]

All the magic has now come to an end. Today, clicking on the "Copilot in Windows (Preview)" icon only causes Ege to open in a new tab and no longer "Copilot in Windows (Preview)" in the sidebar.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to solve the problem?

Thank you very much.
Best regards
Andreas

[#4 · Accepted solution]

@mande1191 

I found this to be the "best solution" for me, which will hopefully be stable until a new build is released.

Access to "Copilot in Window (Preview)" via the taskbar 

I do not recommend anyone to make these adjustments. If you do, it is your own responsibility.