Windows 10 Keyboard Shortcut to Calculator?

Question

On all my Windows PCs I do a 'Shortcut key' for calculator to open with Ctrl+Shift+C:

I can't figure out how to do it on Windows 10. There are no right-click properties.

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Solution 1

Option 1

• File Explorer, type this (shell shortcut) in location bar shell:AppsFolder, right-click Calculator, Create shorcut, Yes
• Right-click new Calculator shortcut on Desktop, Properties, there is our Shortcut key field/entry!

Option 2

• Go to %WinDir%\System32, right-click calc.exe, Create Shortcut, Yes. Then step 2 above

If I placed the shortcut in %WinDir%\System or Documents it seemingly wouldn't work!? It was flakey even moving back to Desktop, but after I set the shortcut to something else, hit Apply, then back to Ctrl+Shift+C it'd work :P

Solution 2

1. Create a shortcut of Calculator
2. Set the target: C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe
3. Right click on the shortcut and select “Properties”
4. On the “Shortcut” tab, enter the keyboard shortcut

Solution 3

To set up a Win+1 keyboard shortcut:

1. Pin the calculator to the taskbar (Press Windows key, start typing "calculator", once the app icon shows up, right-click to "Pin to Taskbar")
2. Drag it to the left-most spot on the taskbar (looks nice by the other white icons)
3. Windows key + 1 opens item #1 on your taskbar, which is now the calculator.
4. Bonus: Win + Shift + 1 opens a new instance of the calculator if you want multiple ones open.

Solution 4

Using AutoHotkey script allows to use "Win" key for shortcut, e.g for Win+C:

#c::Run "calc.exe"

Solution 5

I didn't want to do any programming or pollute my desktop. What I did was find where my personal app links were stored when I installed them. I'll use Firefox as an example.

1. I clicked on the Win icon (lower left), found the Firefox icon in all the apps listed and right clicked on it.
2. In the pop-up menu that appeared I hovered over on "More" and then left-clicked on "Open file location." That directory for me was: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs.
3. I created a Desktop icon for calc.exe and copied it to that same directory.
4. I added the shortcut key to that Start Menu program.
5. I deleted the Desktop shortcut.

Maybe a couple extra steps, but it (Ctrl - Alt - K) works!

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Comments

[Burgi]

I just use win+R then type calc

[mgutt]

I have the Logitech K520 keyboard that has an individual calculator button on the top right corner. As I do not have any Logitech drivers installed, there must be a default shortcut.

[mgutt]

Now I found the solution. The calc button on my keyboard is the appkey #18 as explained here: superuser.com/a/194102/129262

[Clinton]

Can you please give a little more detail.

[user1414213562]

First, download and install AutoHotkey e.g. from autohotkey.com Then, create a new text file (e. g. "calc.ahk") and place the above script in it. Finally, run the script. You can read more about hotkeys here: autohotkey.com/docs/Hotkeys.htm

[lafferc]

What happens to the keyboard shortcut if you delete the shortcut icon ?

[Mike Devenney]

As a developer, I love to tell people it works on my machine. However, in this case it does not.