I am on Windows 10 pro and have debloated and stripped as much tracking junk as I could from the OS, so Copilot had been long gone… until two days ago, when it reappeared on my start menu. I assumed it was sneakily reinstalled after an update so I uninstalled it.

Less than 30 minutes later, it was back. I uninstalled it again, and again it reinstalled after about an hour.

I’ve tried registry edits, I’ve tried changing the group policy, but it does nothing - Copilot keeps reinstalling itself in the time span of 20 minutes to an hour.

I know being on Lemmy I’m going to get a bunch of “Replace it with Linux!” replies so I’d like to preempt this by promising you that yes, that will happen eventually - there’s just some compatibility issues with a couple of my daily driver programs that are pending a resolution.

For now I must stay on Windows, but Microslops incredibly aggressive Copilot reinstalls are pissing me off and I was just wondering if there are any other means in which I can get rid of this program, or at least hide the stupid ugly thing from my sight?

Edit: I suppose it’s important to note that I am not nearly as tech-savvy as a lot of people here, but I try to get by. Please keep this in mind if I ask stupid questions.

  • Elvith Ma'for@feddit.org
    63·
    14 hours ago

    On a side note - which apps do you have problems with on Linux (either finding an alternative or running them on wine)? Maybe someone here can recommend/solve an issue on that front?

    • The Velour Fog @lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      7 hours ago

      I use Adobe Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint and they are apparently incompatible with Linux. I’ve heard they may run on Wine but I need to look further into it.

      • Elvith Ma'for@feddit.org
        1·
        1 hour ago

        Sadly Adobe can be tricky. I heard it runs fine with Winboat. This will start a virtual machine with windows in the background, run Photoshop there but display it right on your desktop instead of presenting you a complete desktop in an isolated VM.

        I haven’t heard about Clip Studio so far.

        I got all apps that I use running with bottles which is basically just a way to generate different wine configs/instances, so that the apps don’t interfere (or rather that the fix/feature that you need for one app doesn’t break another app).