This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off "Share any window from my taskbar with virtual assistant" for your account in Windows 11.
Copilot Vision on Windows lets you share any browser or app window on your screen and talking about it with Copilot. Copilot can then help analyze, offer insights, or answer your questions, coaching you through it aloud. Copilot can hear your voice and respond like a friend in a conversation.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.7309 (24H2) and build 26200.7309 (25H2), you can now share an open app window with Copilot directly from the taskbar. When you hover over an open app icon on the taskbar, a thumbnail preview of the app window appears with a new Share with Copilot button beneath this preview. Selecting it allows Copilot Vision to scan, analyze, and offer insights on the content displayed by the app at that time.
Starting with Windows 11 build 2622.7670 (Beta) and build 26300.7674 (Dev), there's a hidden "Share any window from my taskbar with virtual assistant" toggle in taskbar settings. While this setting works, it is still not fully functional and may change before official release.
If you do not have this "Share any window from my taskbar with virtual assistant" setting yet in the Insider builds above and would like to try it now, then you can enable it using the ViVeTool command below.
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Contents
- Option One: Turn On or Off "Share any window from my taskbar with virtual assistant" in Settings
- Option Two: Turn On or Off "Share any window from my taskbar with virtual assistant" using REG file
EXAMPLE: "Share with Copilot" when hover over open app on taskbar
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Personalization on the left side, and click/tap on Taskbar on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Turn on (default) or off Share any window from my taskbar with virtual assistant 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 "Share any window from my taskbar with virtual assistant"
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_Share_any_window_from_taskbar_with_virtual_assistant.reg
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(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VirtualAsisstantsOnTaskbar]
"IsVirtualAsisstantsOnTaskbarToggleEnabled"=dword:000000013 Turn Off "Share any window from my taskbar with virtual assistant"
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_OFF_Share_any_window_from_taskbar_with_virtual_assistant.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VirtualAsisstantsOnTaskbar]
"IsVirtualAsisstantsOnTaskbarToggleEnabled"=dword:000000004 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.
6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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