{"id":1383,"date":"2015-08-29T10:50:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T14:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gregcruce.com\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2016-04-30T22:14:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T02:14:18","slug":"hate-windows-10-calculator-focus-get-your-windows-7-8-version-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gregcruce.com\/hate-windows-10-calculator-focus-get-your-windows-7-8-version-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Hate Windows 10 Calculator Focus? Get Your Windows 7 \/ 8 Version Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently upgraded to Windows 10 – mostly for the native workspaces (prior to it being native, I used Dexpot<\/a> which worked great).<\/p>\n

\"old-calculator-for-Windows-10-600x450\"<\/a>I found this post on the Windows 10 subreddit<\/a> which links to a\u00a0Winaero tweak to fix the issue with the\u00a0Windows 10 Calculator<\/a>\u00a0focus\u00a0. This makes the native calculator work exactly as it did in Windows 7 \/ 8.<\/p>\n

My biggest gripe with Windows 10 has to be that certain default programs are now “app-ified”, mainly the calculator. My Microsoft Natural keyboard has a calculator shortcut key which I use frequently. It would automatically open the calculator program, automatically give it focus<\/strong>, and I could start typing immediately – but Windows 10 changed that.<\/p>\n

I’d have to press the shortcut key twice (no idea why), and on the second press the app would display, but with no automatic focus. Then I would have to “click” the app to give it focus. The entire process was very annoying. I’m glad I found this elegant solution.<\/p>\n

Winaero – Get Calculator from Windows 8 and Windows 7 in Windows 10<\/a><\/p>\n

Update 2 – 4\/3\/2016 – Uninstall Microsoft Mouse & Keyboard<\/h4>\n

Thanks to the commenter Kashif, I’ve had success with uninstalling the Microsoft Mouse & Keyboard center<\/strong>. All of the shortcut keys still work – I’m sure Microsoft has extended support built-in to Windows 10. If this works for you, leave a comment below and let me know!<\/p>\n

Update – 8\/29\/2015 – Microsoft Mouse & Keyboard Users<\/h4>\n

I’ve had some users mention that even after doing this (or shortly after it working successfully), it would stop giving focus. So here’s a trick I did that works great.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Create this as a batch file (yes – old school hacks still work in Windows 10 – shame on you Microsoft!)
    \n@echo off
    \ncd c:windowssystem32
    \nstart calc.exe<\/code><\/li>\n
  2. Modify the Calculator key for your keyboard to run a program or shortcut.<\/li>\n
  3. Point the Calculator key to your new batch file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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