flarn2006 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 (edited) Open the Run dialog box (Start->Run) and type calc /setup and the screen will say 0.e+0. Then if you try to type any numbers (in Decimal mode, not other bases) it will just beep and not type anything. If you type a number after it (i.e. calc /setup 4) it will limit you to that number of digits (i.e. 4).Try it. What do you think this feature is for? Why do you think it was put in?NOTE: I have only tried this on the Windows XP Home SP2 version of Calculator. Although it probably does, I cannot be sure if it works in other versions of Windows. So if you don't have XP, don't go posting saying I'm lying! But do post why you would be in the XP forum in the first place! EDIT: If you type in calc /developer instead, it will do the same thing except you cannot specify a number after it. (Well you can, but it won't do anything!)▲EDIT: It's actually calc /develop and then you can specify a number at the end. Edited February 23, 2008 by flarn2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesurfer Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 confirmed on windows 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 You can substitute the word help for setup and get the same behavior as for setup.DL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarn2006 Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 (edited) You can substitute the word help for setup and get the same behavior as for setup.DLWith developer, you can place a number at the end and it will still display 0.e+0 but with help if you place a number after it it just gives normal behavior.So, here is the current list of words that trigger this:setup (flarn2006)developer (flarn2006)help (DL) Edited February 23, 2008 by flarn2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrofLuigi Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Also on calc+ powertoy. GL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarn2006 Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 (edited) Also on calc+ powertoy. GLgood find! But what is the Calc+ powertoy? I know of Power Calculator but it doesn't work on there. Edited February 23, 2008 by flarn2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarn2006 Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH!It turns out that anything ending in the letter 'P' will work. This is probably because the switch was programmed as calc /p So what do you think could begin with 'P' that has anything to do with this feature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrofLuigi Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Also on calc+ powertoy. GLgood find! But what is the Calc+ powertoy? I know of Power Calculator but it doesn't work on there.My mistake, plus calc. Not power calc.Btw this is already mentioned on Wikipedia .GL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarn2006 Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 (edited) Btw this is already mentioned on Wikipedia .That's actually where I first heard of it! Edited February 23, 2008 by flarn2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarn2006 Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 (edited) Hello? Is anyone there? Edited March 1, 2008 by flarn2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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