This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable automatically open Copilot at startup in Windows 11.
A preview of Copilot in Windows will start rolling out with the next wave of continuous innovation in Windows 11 version 22H2 KB5030310 Build 22621.2361 on September 26, 2023. Copilot in Windows adds AI to your Windows 11 experience to help you find answers, complete tasks, and be more productive. With Copilot, people can quickly make sense of long articles on the web, craft and polish content, or create stunning images--all directly within the Windows 11 experience.
Windows Copilot will use the same Microsoft account (MSA) or Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) account used to sign-in to Windows.
When you open Windows Copilot, it will appear as a side bar docked to the right where it won’t overlap with your desktop content and will run unobstructed alongside your open app windows, allowing you to interact with Windows Copilot anytime you need.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26052 (Canary and Dev), Microsoft is trying out opening Copilot automatically when Windows starts on widescreen devices again with some Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels. Note that this is rolling out so not all Insiders in the Dev Channel will see this right away. We’re trying this experience out on devices that have minimum diagonal screen size of 27” and pixel width of 1920 pixels and limited to primary display screens in multi-monitor scenarios. As a reminder, we regularly try out different experiences with Windows Insiders that may not ever ship, and others could show up in future Windows releases when they’re ready.
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- Option One: Turn On or Off Open Copilot at Startup in Settings
- Option Two: Turn On or Off Open Copilot at Startup using REG file
EXAMPLE: Copilot run at startup in Windows 11
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Personalization on the left side, and click/tap on Copilot in Windows on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Turn On (default) or Off Open Copilot when Windows starts for what you want. (see screenshot below)
4 You can now close Settings if you like.
1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.
2 Turn On Open Copilot at Startup
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_ON_Open_Copilot_at_Startup.reg
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings]
"AutoOpenCopilotLargeScreens"=dword:000000013 Turn Off Open Copilot at Startup
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_OFF_Open_Copilot_at_Startup.reg
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings]
"AutoOpenCopilotLargeScreens"=dword:000000004 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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They had the logic reversed back in Dec 2023. 
