Windows 7 can easily and quickly be customized to suit your needs. For many users, particularly those upgrading from Windows XP, one of the things you’ll want to do is add back some of the desktop icons that are “missing” in Windows 7. In fact, one of the first things that most people notice when running Windows 7 is that the initial desktop is nearly empty.
For Windows 7, the main desktop consists of just the taskbar that normally appears along the bottom of the screen, a background image (or color) that fills the rest of the screen, any gadgets you display on the screen, and the Recycle bin.
The lack of traditional desktop icons might be disconcerting for many users upgrading from previous versions of Windows.
Although you can still access all the same information through the Start menu, if you’d like to add any of the traditional desktop icons back to your desktop, follow these steps:
If you notice that all the icons on your desktop have suddenly disappeared, leaving it completely empty, Windows 7 probably hid them in a misguided attempt to be helpful. To bring them back, right-click your empty desktop, choose View from the pop-up menu, and make sure Show Desktop Icons has a check mark so everything stays visible.
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Find the shortcut to calculator in the Start menu, right click and select 'Properties'. You can enter any shortcut you want in the 'Shortcut Key' field.
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Well if you put it in your quicklaunch bar, the items there automatically get a shortcut (well the first 10 anyway) of Windows + #
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Not a true shortcut key combination, but a comfortable way to do it anyway.win-key+r [for the run window], type calc and press enter.
Might seems like a bit of work relatively for a shortcut, but if you're not completely rubbish at typing, it's easy and quick (and if you use the method for other programs you really get used to it).
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I know I sound like a fanboy, but I haven been using Microsoft keyboard for 9 years. I know it doesn't solve your problem in software, but all MS keyboard have a dedicate calculator button which I found very useful from time to time.
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Windows 7 comes up with interesting and useful shortcut key additions (take for instance the new windows logo key shortcuts) that are well worthy of being memorized/used. You can use this list of Windows 7 shortcut keys for reference. Download the shortcut list as PDF for your future use. If you updated to newer versions you might want to check the shortcuts for Windows 8 or Windows 10.
PS: You can also launch Windows programs and components from run command with their short names
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A Windows 7 run command is just the executable for a particular program. In other words, a run command is the name of the actual file that starts an application.
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Knowing a Windows 7 run command can be helpful if Windows won't start but you do have access to command prompt. Having quick access from the Run box is nice too.
Run Commands in Windows 7Don't See a Run Command You Needed?
Many Windows 7 run command lists online incorrectly include Command Prompt commands or Control Panel 'commands' as run commands when technically they are not.
The Small Print
There are a few Windows 7 run commands that work differently in some situations, or not at all from one command line interface to another in Windows.
For example, a number of executables in Windows 7 can only be run from the Run box and not Command Prompt, and some others are only available in certain versions of Windows 7.
Instead of using the Windows 7 Control Panel to get to settings you use frequently, why not use shortcuts? You can create both graphical and keyboard shortcuts for Windows 7 settings. Here's how:
Category shortcutsCategory shortcuts allow quick access to any category or subcategory of the Control Panel.
Step 1: Open the Windows Control Panel and navigate to the category you want to create a shortcut for.
Step 2: Hover over the text of the category you want, then drag it over to your desktop.
Task and configuration shortcutsTask and configuration shortcuts allow direct access to specific tasks like, 'Show hidden files and folders.'
Step 1: Enter Windows 7's GodMode. To learn how to enable GodMode, read the CNET article, 'Understanding Windows 7's 'GodMode'.'
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Step 2: Right-click on the task or setting you want, then select 'Create shortcut.' This will create a shortcut on your desktop.
Keyboard shortcutsIf you want take it even further, create keyboard shortcuts for quick access to Windows 7 settings.
Step 1: Right-click on one of the shortcut icons you just created and select 'Properties.'
Step 2: In the 'Shortcut key:' field, type a key combination to use as a keyboard shortcut.
That's it. Now you can open 'Device Manager' and other Windows 7 settings by clicking on a single icon or with just two keystrokes!
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