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Calculator Lost?
Seems I lost my 'calculator' after the last update.
Anyone else? I know I used it several weeks ago. Thanks, Buffalo |
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Calculator Lost?
"Buffalo" wrote in message ...
Seems I lost my 'calculator' after the last update. Anyone else? I know I used it several weeks ago. Thanks, Buffalo OK, I found it in system32 and made a shortcut to the task bar. My search couldn't find it. Strange that Search couldn't find it like it used to. -- Buffalo |
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On 7/5/19 7:07 PM, Buffalo wrote:
StrangeĀ*thatĀ*SearchĀ*couldn'tĀ*findĀ*itĀ*likeĀ*i tĀ*usedĀ*to. Windows' search has stunk for a while now. I use SuperFinderXT: http://fsl.sytes.net/ssearchxt.html Beware of junkware! Beware of junkware! Beware of junkware! Beware of junkware! Beware of junkware! Beware of junkware! Beware of junkware! Beware of junkware! Beware of junkware! Beware of junkware! Beware of junkware! |
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T wrote:
On 7/5/19 7:07 PM, Buffalo wrote: Strange that Search couldn't find it like it used to. Windows' search has stunk for a while now. I use SuperFinderXT: http://fsl.sytes.net/ssearchxt.html Beware of junkware! You kids! Start : Run : control When Control Panels appears, look for the Indexing Options control panel. Program the indexer so that it indexes more of C: . There are still some parts of C: that won't show up in a search, but you could probably cover off System32 without too much work. System Volume Information is pretty difficult to look inside. ******* Using an SSD, this is pretty fast as a search alternative. Agent Ransack. Free. https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/ ( The commercial version is called File Locator Pro. ) It does not use an Index. It searches the whole drive. It has regex capability. It can do content searches, and the content search is multithreaded. If you have it scan a source tarball you've unpacked, it will read multiple files at the same time (N threads). If you have an SSD, and had a 4C 8T processor, it can scan 8 files for text strings at the same time. Basically, it gives you almost the same capabilities as the search in Windows XP. Paul |
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"Paul" wrote in message ...
T wrote: On 7/5/19 7:07 PM, Buffalo wrote: Strange that Search couldn't find it like it used to. Windows' search has stunk for a while now. I use SuperFinderXT: http://fsl.sytes.net/ssearchxt.html Beware of junkware! You kids! Start : Run : control When Control Panels appears, look for the Indexing Options control panel. Program the indexer so that it indexes more of C: . There are still some parts of C: that won't show up in a search, but you could probably cover off System32 without too much work. System Volume Information is pretty difficult to look inside. ******* Using an SSD, this is pretty fast as a search alternative. Agent Ransack. Free. https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/ ( The commercial version is called File Locator Pro. ) It does not use an Index. It searches the whole drive. It has regex capability. It can do content searches, and the content search is multithreaded. If you have it scan a source tarball you've unpacked, it will read multiple files at the same time (N threads). If you have an SSD, and had a 4C 8T processor, it can scan 8 files for text strings at the same time. Basically, it gives you almost the same capabilities as the search in Windows XP. Paul Well, I do have an SSD and thanks for the Agent Ransack. Free suggestion. Strange thing is that before the windows update, I could just type cal into that magnifying glass search option and the calculator immediately showed up. Not since. Curious as to why this happened. Now if I type in calc I just find Libre Office calc. Either way, thanks for your reply and I enjoy reading your posts and they are factual and helpful. -- Buffalo |
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On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 10:39:26 -0600, "Buffalo"
wrote: Well, I do have an SSD and thanks for the Agent Ransack. Free suggestion. SSD or not, If you want to do searches by file name, Search Everything is *much* faster than Agent Ransack. But it doesn't do searches by content, so I recommend getting both. |
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On Sat, 06 Jul 2019 10:25:48 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote: On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 10:39:26 -0600, "Buffalo" wrote: Well, I do have an SSD and thanks for the Agent Ransack. Free suggestion. SSD or not, If you want to do searches by file name, Search Everything is *much* faster than Agent Ransack. But it doesn't do searches by content, so I recommend getting both. +1 Also, if you use the Windows Calculator on a regular basis, consider assigning a hotkey to it. Since the Windows 98 days, I've assigned Ctrl-F11 on each of my PCs. So far, so good. In 20+ years, nothing else has come along and stomped on my key assignment. |
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"Ken Blake" wrote in message
... On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 10:39:26 -0600, "Buffalo" wrote: Well, I do have an SSD and thanks for the Agent Ransack. Free suggestion. SSD or not, If you want to do searches by file name, Search Everything is *much* faster than Agent Ransack. But it doesn't do searches by content, so I recommend getting both. Thanks, but I already have and use Search Everything. It is excellent. But, back to my original problem, why did the magnifying glass search not find the Calculator like it always has in the past? No problem at all and instant. I just created a task bar shortcut for Calculator so no real problem I think it had something to do with the latest Win10 update(s) (1903 era) Thanks, -- Buffalo |
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"Char Jackson" wrote in message
... On Sat, 06 Jul 2019 10:25:48 -0700, Ken Blake wrote: On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 10:39:26 -0600, "Buffalo" wrote: Well, I do have an SSD and thanks for the Agent Ransack. Free suggestion. SSD or not, If you want to do searches by file name, Search Everything is *much* faster than Agent Ransack. But it doesn't do searches by content, so I recommend getting both. +1 Also, if you use the Windows Calculator on a regular basis, consider assigning a hotkey to it. Since the Windows 98 days, I've assigned Ctrl-F11 on each of my PCs. So far, so good. In 20+ years, nothing else has come along and stomped on my key assignment. Thanks for that tip as using hotkeys was something I rarely used. -- Buffalo |
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Buffalo wrote:
"Ken Blake" wrote in message ... On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 10:39:26 -0600, "Buffalo" wrote: Well, I do have an SSD and thanks for the Agent Ransack. Free suggestion. SSD or not, If you want to do searches by file name, Search Everything is *much* faster than Agent Ransack. But it doesn't do searches by content, so I recommend getting both. Thanks, but I already have and use Search Everything. It is excellent. But, back to my original problem, why did the magnifying glass search not find the Calculator like it always has in the past? No problem at all and instant. I just created a task bar shortcut for Calculator so no real problem I think it had something to do with the latest Win10 update(s) (1903 era) Thanks, I've lost my Calculator App before. I've also lost the Windows Store App. Just to show Microsoft has no common sense (losing the Store, loses them potential "sales"). You'd think they would have a repair routine for the Store Icon at least. Paul |
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On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 17:12:46 -0600, "Buffalo"
wrote: "Ken Blake" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 10:39:26 -0600, "Buffalo" wrote: Well, I do have an SSD and thanks for the Agent Ransack. Free suggestion. SSD or not, If you want to do searches by file name, Search Everything is *much* faster than Agent Ransack. But it doesn't do searches by content, so I recommend getting both. Thanks, but I already have and use Search Everything. It is excellent. But, back to my original problem, why did the magnifying glass search not find the Calculator like it always has in the past? No problem at all and instant. I just created a task bar shortcut for Calculator so no real problem I think it had something to do with the latest Win10 update(s) (1903 era) I don't know why, but I can report that I run 1903 and I just checked; it *does* find calculator here, |
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"Ken Blake" wrote in message
... On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 17:12:46 -0600, "Buffalo" wrote: "Ken Blake" wrote in message . .. On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 10:39:26 -0600, "Buffalo" wrote: Well, I do have an SSD and thanks for the Agent Ransack. Free suggestion. SSD or not, If you want to do searches by file name, Search Everything is *much* faster than Agent Ransack. But it doesn't do searches by content, so I recommend getting both. Thanks, but I already have and use Search Everything. It is excellent. But, back to my original problem, why did the magnifying glass search not find the Calculator like it always has in the past? No problem at all and instant. I just created a task bar shortcut for Calculator so no real problem I think it had something to do with the latest Win10 update(s) (1903 era) I don't know why, but I can report that I run 1903 and I just checked; it *does* find calculator here, Did you install Cul Update for Net Frame KB4502584 or Cul Update for Win10 ver 1903 KB4501375 yet? Not sure that is what caused my little problem, but just checking. I installed them on Jum 28 2019. Thanks, -- Buffalo |
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Calculator Lost?
On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 19:21:51 -0600, in alt.comp.os.windows-10, Buffalo
wrote: Seems I lost my 'calculator' after the last update. Anyone else? I know I used it several weeks ago. Thanks, Buffalo Calculator can be uninstalled. Reinstall it from the Windows Store. If Windows Store says it's installed, find it in SettingsApps, click on it, choose "advanced options," press the button marked "reset." If that doesn't work, uninstall/reinstall from SettingsApps. No idea why this happened to you, but it *should* be easy to fix. God knows Win 10 is flaky though. It's starting to feel like Linux flaky. All else fails? Go he https://winaero.com/blog/get-calcula...in-windows-10/ Get the Windows 7 calculator and install it. It doesn't scale well though. -- Zag No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten |
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On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 11:08:47 -0600, "Buffalo"
wrote: "Ken Blake" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 17:12:46 -0600, "Buffalo" wrote: "Ken Blake" wrote in message ... On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 10:39:26 -0600, "Buffalo" wrote: Well, I do have an SSD and thanks for the Agent Ransack. Free suggestion. SSD or not, If you want to do searches by file name, Search Everything is *much* faster than Agent Ransack. But it doesn't do searches by content, so I recommend getting both. Thanks, but I already have and use Search Everything. It is excellent. But, back to my original problem, why did the magnifying glass search not find the Calculator like it always has in the past? No problem at all and instant. I just created a task bar shortcut for Calculator so no real problem I think it had something to do with the latest Win10 update(s) (1903 era) I don't know why, but I can report that I run 1903 and I just checked; it *does* find calculator here, Did you install Cul Update for Net Frame KB4502584 Yes. or Cul Update for Win10 ver 1903 KB4501375 yet? I hadn't, but I just did, and tried searching for calculator again. It still finds it without a problem. Not sure that is what caused my little problem, but just checking. I installed them on Jum 28 2019. Thanks, |
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Calculator Lost?
On Sun, 07 Jul 2019 16:54:36 -0700, Franklin wrote:
The MS calc is there only for the people who want to punish themselves. What is all this nonsense? There are perfectly good sims available for many decent calculators that run on Win 10 eg: https://thomasokken.com/free42/ https://www.hpmuseum.org/simulate/simulate.htm |
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