Make Windows 7 Calculator work in Vista too!

[Hari Maurya]

Good news is that the new Windows 7 Calculator works on Windows Vista too, if it’s been ported or migrated to Windows Vista.

Windows Vista users who want to use the more advanced Calculator program from Windows 7 can download the following RAR archive which consists of calc.exe with its mui language file extracted from Windows 7 pre-beta build 6801.


To Run Windows 7 Calculator :

1. Simply unpack the content to another folder
2. Run the calc.exe to use the Windows 7 Calculator in Windows Vista.

To replace existing default Calculator program in Windows Vista :

1. Copy calc.exe to \Windows\System32\, and calc.exe.mui (in en-US folder) to \Windows\System32\en-US\ folder

Overwriting existing file (you may want to backup the old Calculator binaries first in case of error running Windows 7 version). Voila, now the new Windows 7 Calculator has been installed on Windows Vista.

Download: Windows-7-Calculator.rar from WinVistaClub.

[HappyAndyK]

Excellent post. Thanks for the heads up !

[digitx]

Unable to replace old ones.

[tweakwindows]

Take ownership and replace.

[HappyAndyK]

Originally Posted by digitx

Unable to replace old ones.

^Yes, try that please. Take Ownership Of System Files in Windows Vista may help you

[AJDian]

Does anyone know - or can anyone point me to someone who can help me - if there is a way (and if so, how) to get this working on Windows XP as well? It would be most appreciated.

-AJDian

[Hari Maurya]

Originally Posted by AJDian

Does anyone know - or can anyone point me to someone who can help me - if there is a way (and if so, how) to get this working on Windows XP as well? It would be most appreciated.

-AJDian

You can it from here : Seven Calculator for XP by ~grdcityboy on deviantART

*it has only Standard mode

[HappyAndyK]

Nice find Hari Maurya.

[nirmaltv]

This is one of the best hack I cam across recently, the Win 7 calculator is awesome.

[HappyAndyK]

Good to see you here Nirmal, you have one terrific blog there !