Windows 11 update accidentally erases Copilot for some users – here’s how to get it back

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Microsoft Copilot in Windows 11

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Those of you who ran Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update last week may have noticed at least one change. Copilot has vanished.

Rolled out on March 11 for this month’s Patch Tuesday, KB5053598 was designed to squash several outstanding bugs and add a few new features for Windows 11. But along with those changes comes the new bug affecting Microsoft’s favorite AI app.

Head to the Microsoft Store page for Copilot, download the app, and then run the downloaded exe file.

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