Calculator on taskbar

[swampydrill]

I frequently used the calculator while working on invoices etc, it was easy in Win 7 as you kept on desktop and just flipped in and out of it, now that the calculator in Win 8 is an App, you can go in and out as easy, in fact is a pain in the A. Anyone know how I can pin the calculator to the taskbar and have it minimisable so you don't have to go through start screen all the time

 

[Bassim Ansari]

Yes type calculator...

When the calculator shows, right click it and then click on option pin to taskbar.

That's all!

 

[swampydrill]

Yes type calculator...

When the calculator shows, right click it and then click on option pin to taskbar.

That's all!

 

[swampydrill]

Can pin to start menu, but if working on a document and want to use calculator, it takes extra clicks to get in and to get out again, surely a new OS should be easier than before but it isn't, this whole APP concept has gone too far in my eyes. Need to get a calc for the desktop that can be left open on the desktop while working.

 

[Bassim Ansari]

I am not talking about start menu.

That would be too far.

You can also pin it to your taskbar and then minimize it. and just maximize it off the taskbar with a single click.

when you right click, instead of pin to start menu, you have to click pin to taskbar !

 

[swampydrill]

I have tried to pin to taskbar but that option does not show up on my pc, even in right click mode

 

[Bassim Ansari]

Thats weird. I can easily pin everything to my taskbar, on windows 8.1

Perhaps it doesn't work for Windows 8? and does for 8.1?

But i would venture it should.

 

[mwh1107]

There are 2 Calculators! One of them allows pinning, the other doesn't. The tiled version is not the one you are looking for. Find the last one in the apps search and that will work. Took me a while to figure this out.

Good luck.

 

[runiter]

Have you tried using "Smart Math Calculator" instead of windows calculator?
It creates its own taskbar icon and has many features useful to those who need to calculate often.

http://www.runiter.com/blogs/math/taskbar-calculator.html

 

[mickypheonix]

Hi Swampydrill ,
why not just create a shortcut to it on your desktop then pin that shortcut to your taskbar ?