How to keep Copilot enabled on boot in Windows 11 Build 23575 preview

Microsoft today released the Win11 Build 23575 preview update for Dev channel users, and introduced a hidden feature for widescreen users, which allows you to keep the Copilot sidebar enabled after booting to the desktop.

This feature is currently hidden and users need to use the ViveTool third-party application to enable it. After users enable it, they can see the new option “Turn on Copilot after Windows starts” in the system settings application. The text description is “If you are currently using a wider monitor, Copilot will automatically turn on.”

Image source @PhantomOfEarth

Image source @PhantomOfEarth

NOTE: Unannounced features are often primitive, unstable, or nearly unusable. Please back up important data before enabling it using the ViVeTool application.

The  ViveTool tool is used to enable the above new functions and features:

1. Download the Vivetool tool from  the GitHub page, and then unzip it to any folder, but you need to remember the folder path (for example, C:\Program Files (x86)\ViVeTool-v0.3.2)

2. Press the Win key (or use the mouse) to open the Start menu, enter “cmd”, and then select “Open the command prompt with administrator rights”

3. Use the cd command to jump to the ViveTool folder, for example “cd C:\Program Files (x86)\ViVeTool-v0.3.2”

4. Then enter  vivetool /enable /id:45690501 and press Enter.

5. Restart the computer