- Getting around Windows 8 Start Screen and Desktop. Alt+D or F4 Jump to the Address bar and select absolute address. Alt+V then D View details. Alt+V then X View extra-large icons. Ctrl with Arrow keysand Space Select multiple non-adjacent items. A.Z and 1.9 Press the initial letter any item to jump to it.
- To my dismay, calculator keyboard shortcut doesn't work in windows 10! It did with Windows 8.1. The Snipping Tool keyboard shortcut works in Windows 10. When I do a Search on calculator, it lists it.
- Windows Calculator Shortcut Keys Windows 10
- Shortcut For Calculator In Windows 8
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Thanks to theclaw37 for providing a solution and glad to hear it was solved anyway. Don't believe Windows 8 has a 'Modern' or non-desktop version of the calculator though and was wondering if that was the 'ASUS Calculator' that everyone was seeing and how you can get it back if you ever wanted to.
Any time you open a Windows app by rolling your mouse pointer over to an icon or lift your finger up and tapping on a tile, you're wasting time and putting unnecessary strain on your shoulder. The fastest and least physically-taxing way to launch any program is with a keyboard shortcut you can hit without even lifting your hands off of the homerow. Windows 10 allows you to create custom shortcuts for any program, whether it's a traditional 'desktop' app, a new-fangled 'universal app' or one of Windows 8's 'metro apps.' Here's how.
Method 1: Create a Desktop Shortcut
1. Open a command prompt window. You can get there by typing 'cmd' into the Cortana / Search box and then right clicking on Command Prompt and selecting 'Run as administrator.'
2. Type 'explorer shell:AppsFolder' (without quotes) at the command prompt and hit Enter. A window with a list of all your apps appears.
3. Right click on an app and select Create shortcut. It may be easier to find your app if you change the view setting to 'detailed list' so you can see all the icons in a single column.
4. Click Yes when asked if you want the shortcut on the desktop. A new shortcut icon appears on your desktop.
5. Right click on the new shortcut icon and select Properties.
6. Enter a key combination in the Shortcut key field. The combination must be CTRL + ALT + a letter / number.
7. Click OK.
Note: Remember not to use the same key combination twice. Also note that some programs use CTRL + ALT + keyboard shortcuts that would also launch if you were in their windows. For example, in Photoshop Elements, CTRL + ALT + I brings up the resize menu.
Method 2: Use the Start Menu
If you're creating a keyboard shortcut for a 'desktop app,' any application that installs via direct download rather than Windows Store alone, you can create the shortcut directly from the Start Menu. By using this method, you can avoid creating a separate shortcut icon on the desktop.
1. Open the Start Menu.
2. Navigate to the icon or tile for the app you want. If the app is not pinned as a tile, you can find it by clicking on the All apps and scrolling through the alphabetical list.
3. Right click and select Open file location. A window opens with a shortcut icon. If Open file location doesn't appear on the menu, this is a modern or universal app and you'll have to follow method 1 above.
4. Right click on the shortcut icon and select Properties.
5. Enter a key combination in the 'Shortcut key' box.
6. Click OK.
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In Windows 10, Microsoft replaced the good old calculator with a new Modern app. Many people are not aware that it has hotkeys like the old one. You might be interested in learning those hotkeys to use it more productively. Today, we will share all Calculator keyboard shortcuts available in Windows 10. Here we go.
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Open the Calculator app. You can do it by clicking the icon in the Start menu or by launching it directly as described in the following article: Run Calculator in Windows 10 directly.
After it starts, you can use the following hotkeys:
Alt+1 - Switch to Standard mode.
Alt+2 - Switch to Scientific mode.
Alt+3 - Switch to Programmer mode.
Alt+4 - Switch to Statistics mode. (In Windows 10 LTSB, which still has the good, old Calculator)
Ctrl+M - Store in memory.
Ctrl+P - Add to memory.
Ctrl+Q - Subtract from memory.
Ctrl+R - Recall from memory.
Ctrl+L - Clear memory.
F9 - Select ±.
R - Select 1/x (Reciprocal).
@ - Calculate the square root.
Del - Select CE.
Ctrl+H - Turn calculation history on or off.
Up arrow - Move up in history list.
Down arrow - Move down in history list.
Ctrl+Shift+D - Clear history.
F3 - Select DEG in Scientific mode.
F4 - Select RAD in Scientific mode.
F5 - Select GRAD in Scientific mode.
Ctrl+G - Select Power of 10x in Scientific mode.
Ctrl+O - Select cos h in Scientific mode.
Ctrl+S - Select sin h in Scientific mode.
Ctrl+T - Select tan h in Scientific mode.
Shift+S - Select sin -1 in Scientific mode.
Shift+O - Select cos -1 in Scientific mode.
Shift+T - Select tan -1 in Scientific mode.
Ctrl+Y - Select y√x in Scientific mode.
D - Select Mod (modulo operation) in Scientific mode.
L - Select log in Scientific mode.
M - Select dms (degree, minutes, seconds) in Scientific mode.
N - Select ln (natural log) in Scientific mode.
Ctrl+N - Select ex in Scientific mode.
O - Select cos in Scientific mode.
P - Select Pi in Scientific mode.
Q - Select x2 in Scientific mode.
S - Select sin in Scientific mode.
T - Select tan in Scientific mode.
V - Select F-E in Scientific mode.
X - Select Exp in Scientific mode.
Y, ^ - Select xy in Scientific mode.
# - Select x3 in Scientific mode.
; - Select Int in Scientific mode.
! - Select n! in Scientific mode.
Windows Calculator Shortcut Keys Windows 10
F2 - Select DWORD in Programmer mode.
F3 - Select WORD in Programmer mode.
F4 - Select BYTE in Programmer mode.
F6 - Select HEX in Programmer mode.
F7 - Select OCT in Programmer mode.
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F8 - Select BIN in Programmer mode.
F12 - Select QWORD in Programmer mode.
A-F - Select A-F in Programmer mode.
J - Select RoL in Programmer mode.
K - Select RoR in Programmer mode.
< - Select Lsh in Programmer mode.
> - Select Rsh in Programmer mode.
% - Select Mod in Programmer mode.
- Select Or in Programmer mode.
^ - Select Xor in Programmer mode.
~ - Select Not in Programmer mode.
& - Select And in Programmer mode.
Spacebar - Toggle the bit value in Programmer mode.
Most of these keyboard shortcuts are the same as the Windows 7 calculator. Some of them are different.
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Use these hotkeys to save your time. If you know more Calculator hotkeys, feel free to share them in the comments.
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