1) They first tried to take away the Start Menu and the Shutdown button but backed off that. I was using a "classic windows apprearance" program.
2). Then tried forcing the Edge browser. There was once a major court decision about that anti-competitive behavior but the DOJ seems to have fallen asleep and the other two are doing it as well.
3). And WebSeach/SearchBoxSuggestions. Which provides web ads from the start button instead of computer OS information.
"Ha ha. Tricked ya. Made you use Edge again! So you're gonna keep using Edge. Right? Right? We will remind you again in case you forgot."
4). And Widgets Feed. Because you wanted to know what's on sale and the latest newz about Tiffany instead of doing actual work.
5). And now Copilot A.I. Combing through all your proprietary data whether you like it or not. May I kindly refer you to past PIPA/SOPA legal judgements regarding the theft of other people's information. Oh, and A.I. has been demanding users worship it like a god.
All of these fundamentally alter the original Operating System purchased after the fact.
The dealership decides to paint your car pink a week later.
There is no easy way for the average layman user to undo these forced changes. Mandatory.
There outta be a law!
When a user wants the regedit, gpedit.msc, services.msc, or CMD run, they should be accessible from the search menu.
To uninstall SearchWeb and Copilot you need to modify gpedit.
(but I couldn't get to gpedit because it wasn't even installed in my ver of Win11.)
Here is an easy .bat file: One click fixes it.
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/add-or-remove-copilot-in-windows-search-in-windows-11.5309/
What a difference...