reg tweak for calculator scientific

[arnebjarnesius]

Does somebody have a reg tweak so that my unattended XP DVD will have the culculator in scientific mode as defualt?

[Acheron]

Calc.exe doesn't use the registry but win.ini to save it's settings.

More strange is the usage of the tweak:

[SciCalc]
layout=0

Add these lines to win.ini to get calculator started as scientific : B)

[SiMoNsAyS]

i would recommend replace the default calc with m$ calculator plus. it can convert units and have skins support.

also you can apply regtweaks to convert it in the classic scientific calculator:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CalcPlus]
"Layout"=dword:00000000
"UseSep"=dword:00000000
"UsePlain"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CalcPlus\Currencies]

[Radimus]

you can also try

http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/outreac...s/calcplus.mspx

[arnebjarnesius]

The calculator plus creates a new folder in the start menu. The old calculator in scientific mode is enough for me, since I never calculate between liters and gallons etc. I can't find the win.ini so I guess I'll have to create it. Where should it be placed and should other be deleted if I add win.ini?

[Acheron]

You can create a new win.ini and place it in the $OEM$\$$ of your unattended CD

[CoffeeFiend]

redirecting echo commands or the contents of a textfile to win.ini (>> "%SystemRoot%\win.ini") may be a better idea in case your win.ini contents changed from when you first created your copy (not that too many apps use it anymore, but it does happen) Not exactly a hard thing to do either.

[arnebjarnesius]

So it would be better if I in my command lines added copy \destination folder to %systemdrive\win.ini ?

[CoffeeFiend]

no, what I'm saying is, have this

whatever.txt

[SciCalc]
layout=0

(note the intentional first blank line), and have a command line somewhere in your install do:

echo y:\path\to\whatever.txt >> "%SystemRoot%\win.ini"

change the path to the textfile accordingly (obviously).

or 3 echo commands:

echo. >> "%SystemRoot%\win.ini"
echo [SciCalc] >> "%SystemRoot%\win.ini"
echo layout=0 >> "%SystemRoot%\win.ini"

[SiMoNsAyS]

first i must say that the $OEM$ folder method won't work with win.ini, believe me it will be overwritten during windows installation, as crahak said the best is to create a cmd file.

again i recommend calc plus, don't want that ugly folder? do what i do: reg+cmd

@echo off
cmdow @ /HID
MOVE /Y "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Calculator Plus\Microsoft Calculator Plus.lnk" "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Accesories\Calculadora Plus.lnk"
RD /S /Q "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Calculator Plus"
EXIT

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CalcPlus]
"Layout"=dword:00000000
"UseSep"=dword:00000000
"UsePlain"=dword:00000001

[CoffeeFiend]

don't want that ugly folder? do what i do: reg+cmd

(...)

I do that lots too. In fact, nearly all the app I install are re-categorized like that immediately after their installer is finished. I like it organized

I had never tried calc plus before. After installing it I had that profound disgust for it - until I turned classic view on . Unit conversions might come in handy some day

[Radimus]

my problem with calc plus is that it want's the msi after I install it through runoneex.cmd...

any ideas?

[mazin]

@Radimus

Do you mean that the MSI is deleted when your "Install" folder is deleted?

If so, I can suggest you put CalcPlus.msi in this directory then install it from there:

X:\XPCD\$OEM$\$$\Installer\CalcPlus.msi

%systemroot%\Installer\CalcPlus.msi /qb

I hope it works.

[Radimus]

basically, I have an unattended CD, where the drivers are copied to the machine ($oem$\$1\Drivers\etc) but I install the hotfixes and other apps from (%cdrom%\Patches\Switchless2\*.msi)

Needless to say the cd isn't available especially for every user.

I can put them locallay, but I'd prefer not to... especially as it os only that one (so far)

[mazin]

CalcPlus has three files only:

1- C:\WINDOWS\Help\calcplus.chm

2- C:\Program Files\Microsoft Calculator Plus\CalcPlus.exe

3- C:\Program Files\Microsoft Calculator Plus\EULA.txt

Suffice to copy them the way you like. No need for installation routines.

Some discussion on CalcPlus continued, here, if you like to read them.