Calculator

[Edward]

I'm running XP Home on my laptop.

I have suddenly lost all trace of my calculator. I use this quit a bit and
even had an icon on the taskbar, but even this has disappeared, leaving just
the default icon that leads nowhere.

Can anyone help?

TIA

Ed

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I'm running XP Home on my laptop.

I have suddenly lost all trace of my calculator. I use this quit a bit and
even had an icon on the taskbar, but even this has disappeared, leaving
just the default icon that leads nowhere.

Can anyone help?

TIA

Ed

Create a new shortcut and type "calc.exe" in the Target field.

 

[Edward]

Thanks for the input. I'm afraid my problem looks more serious than that.
The shortcut address appears okay - ...%SystemRoot%/system32/calc.exe - but
it cannot be found. I have tried "Search" for calc.exe and nothing comes up.
It looks very much like it has somehow become uninstalled or so badly
corrupted as to be unrecognisable by Windows.

 

[Claymore]

Thanks for the input. I'm afraid my problem looks more serious than that.
The shortcut address appears okay - ...%SystemRoot%/system32/calc.exe - but
it cannot be found. I have tried "Search" for calc.exe and nothing comes up.
It looks very much like it has somehow become uninstalled or so badly
corrupted as to be unrecognisable by Windows.









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Hello,

Try this:

Open Explorer (or My Computer).
Go to Tools => Folder Options => View tab
Check to 'Show hidden files and folders'
Uncheck (clear) the box 'Hide prorected operating system files'
Click OK

Navigate to your 'System32' folder and then to the 'dllcache' folder
(probably in blue).
Copy the file calc.exe to the System32 folder

In Folder Options reset to hide folders.

 

[Elmo]

Thanks for the input. I'm afraid my problem looks more serious than
that. The shortcut address appears okay -
...%SystemRoot%/system32/calc.exe - but it cannot be found. I have tried
"Search" for calc.exe and nothing comes up. It looks very much like it
has somehow become uninstalled or so badly corrupted as to be
unrecognizable by Windows.

Open Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, click the Add/Remove Windows
components button in the left pane. Locate "Accessories and Utilities",
double-click, do the same with the "Accessories" folder, deselect the
Calculator, close the applet. Go back in and add the Calculator.

 

[Edward]

Hi, Joe.

Thanks for the info. A little more complicated on my laptop but you sent me
in the right direction. All now okay.

Sorry to be slow getting back... Friday night!!

Ed

 

[Edward]

Hi.

I do not appear to have a dllcache folder, not even when using Search. Even
after reinstalling Accessories from the Win XP CD (which got my calculator
back) I still cannot find this folder. Apart from System32 calc.exe, the
only other reference is in the prefetch folder CALC.EXE-02CD373A.pf.

Many thanks for your time and input.

Kind regards,

Ed

Thanks for the input. I'm afraid my problem looks more serious than that.
The shortcut address appears okay - ...%SystemRoot%/system32/calc.exe -
but
it cannot be found. I have tried "Search" for calc.exe and nothing comes
up.
It looks very much like it has somehow become uninstalled or so badly
corrupted as to be unrecognisable by Windows.









- Show quoted text -

Hello,

Try this:

Open Explorer (or My Computer).
Go to Tools => Folder Options => View tab
Check to 'Show hidden files and folders'
Uncheck (clear) the box 'Hide prorected operating system files'
Click OK

Navigate to your 'System32' folder and then to the 'dllcache' folder
(probably in blue).
Copy the file calc.exe to the System32 folder

In Folder Options reset to hide folders.