On 2/23/2023 10:23 AM, scbs29 wrote:

I have followed the instructions given to remove this from the taskbar but it will not
switch off, ie. Right click on taskbar, select news and interests and select Turn Off.
This has no effect at all.
Can anyone help ?

I would try the registry fix in this link next.

<https://www.prajwaldesai.com/disable-news-and-interests-in-windows-10/>

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I have followed the instructions given to remove this from the taskbar but it will not
switch off, ie. Right click on taskbar, select news and interests and select Turn Off.
This has no effect at all.
Can anyone help ?
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scbs29 wrote on 2/23/2023 9:23 AM:

I have followed the instructions given to remove this from the taskbar but it will not
switch off, ie. Right click on taskbar, select news and interests and select Turn Off.
This has no effect at all.
Can anyone help ?

ymmv..
Try unchecking Search Highlights


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On 2/23/2023 5:22 PM, scbs29 wrote:

Thanks for your reply but my ShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode value is already set to 2.

On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:04:14 -0600, sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

On 2/23/2023 10:23 AM, scbs29 wrote:

I have followed the instructions given to remove this from the taskbar but it will not
switch off, ie. Right click on taskbar, select news and interests and select Turn Off.
This has no effect at all.
Can anyone help ?

I would try the registry fix in this link next.

<https://www.prajwaldesai.com/disable-news-and-interests-in-windows-10/>

Did you look at the third option using group policy editor?

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Thanks for your reply but my ShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode value is already set to 2.

On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:04:14 -0600, sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

On 2/23/2023 10:23 AM, scbs29 wrote:

I have followed the instructions given to remove this from the taskbar but it will not
switch off, ie. Right click on taskbar, select news and interests and select Turn Off.
This has no effect at all.
Can anyone help ?

I would try the registry fix in this link next.

<https://www.prajwaldesai.com/disable-news-and-interests-in-windows-10/>

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sticks wrote:

Did you look at the third option using group policy editor?

I don't remember how I got rid of "News and Interests" but I've gotten rid
of _everything_ I don't want in my taskbar and it's certainly not there.

So my advice to the OP is that it's _certainly_ possible to wipe it out.

Here's a screenshot of my taskbar I took for another thread earlier today
on using the Windows keyboard to message on Android - where I don't even
know what the "news and interests" should look like - but it's not there.

<https://i.postimg.cc/pr13NYWW/android-on-windows.jpg>

Note my philosophy is the taskbar should not take up valuable real estate (which is why it's on the side) and that the taskbar should contain only
what's needed (which is why the pullout menu is there to access all apps).

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On 2/23/2023 5:42 PM, sticks wrote:

On 2/23/2023 5:22 PM, scbs29 wrote:

Thanks for your reply but my ShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode value is
already set to 2.

On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:04:14 -0600, sticks <wolverine01@charter.net>
wrote:

On 2/23/2023 10:23 AM, scbs29 wrote:

I have followed the instructions given to remove this from the
taskbar but it will not
switch off, ie. Right click on taskbar, select news and interests
and select Turn Off.
This has no effect at all.
Can anyone help ?

I would try the registry fix in this link next.

<https://www.prajwaldesai.com/disable-news-and-interests-in-windows-10/>

Did you look at the third option using group policy editor?

The other thing that comes to mind is occasionally things can get
"fixed" if you change to the setting you don't want, restart and then
change them to what you do want. Forcing it to change back and forth
seems to awaken something.

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In article <tt930a$3ae3e$1@paganini.bofh.team>,

Andy Burnelli says...

Note my philosophy is the taskbar should not take up valuable real estate (which is why it's on the side)

And thats why you don't see it, News & Information option is only
available if the taskbar location is set to bottom of screen.

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Unsteadyken wrote:

Note my philosophy is the taskbar should not take up valuable real estate
(which is why it's on the side)

And thats why you don't see it, News & Information option is only
available if the taskbar location is set to bottom of screen.

Holy cow! Really?

I'm not sure if you're joking or not, but if _that_ is the reason, it's
amazing since the only reason I put the taskbar to the side is that most screens are challenged in the up:down direction, and less so side:side.

Here is that screenshot again, where the "menu" is a complete pullout just
like the WinXP days, where the cascade menu never left Windows (ever).
<https://i.postimg.cc/pr13NYWW/android-on-windows.jpg>

Given the menu is to the side, maybe that's why "News & Info" isn't there.

Even so, I've explicitly turned off stuff, one by one, such as the Cortana search, and the Start Menu, Notifications, even the time:date is modified.

Notice for example, my time:date is in the format of the day of the week,
the month, the day of the month, and then the time in AM/PM irrespective of
the system clock (since my tzone changes randomly every few hours or so).

In summary, my taskbar was optimized for efficiency, where I didn't know
why "News & Information" wasn't there, but thanks to you, now I know why.

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In article <tt9okm$3cloq$1@paganini.bofh.team>,

Andy Burnelli says...

And thats why you don't see it, News & Information option is only available if the taskbar location is set to bottom of screen.

Holy cow! Really?

I'm not sure if you're joking or not, but if _that_ is the reason, it's amazing since the only reason I put the taskbar to the side is that most screens are challenged in the up:down direction, and less so side:side.

Not joking, try it temporarily. I only found out by accident.

I run 2 widescreen monitors in Extended Desktop mode with both taskbars
set to right side and had never seen News & Information.

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Yes, the policy editor says that it is disabled but it is still there when I vover on the taskbar.

On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:42:08 -0600, sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

On 2/23/2023 5:22 PM, scbs29 wrote:

Thanks for your reply but my ShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode value is already set to 2.

On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:04:14 -0600, sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote: >>

On 2/23/2023 10:23 AM, scbs29 wrote:

I have followed the instructions given to remove this from the taskbar but it will not
switch off, ie. Right click on taskbar, select news and interests and select Turn Off.
This has no effect at all.
Can anyone help ?

I would try the registry fix in this link next.

<https://www.prajwaldesai.com/disable-news-and-interests-in-windows-10/>

Did you look at the third option using group policy editor?

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In message <tt930a$3ae3e$1@paganini.bofh.team>, Andy Burnelli <nospam@nospam.net> writes

sticks wrote:

Did you look at the third option using group policy editor?

I don't remember how I got rid of "News and Interests" but I've gotten
rid of _everything_ I don't want in my taskbar and it's certainly not
there.

So my advice to the OP is that it's _certainly_ possible to wipe it out. <snip>

I too got rid of it, and my taskbar IS at the bottom of the screen. I
can't remember how I removed it, but I do recall that it was based on
advice in this newsgroup the last time the topic came up.
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On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:23:17 +0000, scbs29 wrote:

I have followed the instructions given to remove this from the taskbar but it will not
switch off, ie. Right click on taskbar, select news and interests and select Turn Off.
This has no effect at all.
Can anyone help ?

It's in 'settings'?

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