Windows 10: How do I find out what happens internally when you click an app shortcut, like calculator...

I dont know if the title really explains my question, but I will elavorate on this:

So, in the start menu you may have shortcuts like steam or discord, and if you right click on them > go to file location, it will take you to the start menu folder where all the shorcuts are stored, thats all good until you want to do it with an internal app, like the calculator, or mail, or alarms, they are not like your average programs, sure they are .exe files, but you can't open those, you can only open the calculator by clicking the shortcut.

so here's my question, what is going on behind the scenes? How do they execute?

I tried Process explorer and found out it's a command line fot the calculator app, but there is something more, there seems to be a program called winnit.exe that starts and controls services.exe, at the same time this one controls svchost.exe and this one controls all the apps, like the start menu, cortana, alarms, settings and more.

I searched all over the internet and couldn't find anything useful, so what is going on? what is windows hidding from me and why? I just need to know how to execute those apps from rainmeter or using my own shortcuts.

Any help is useful, please feel free to redirect me to forums, wiki pages, documentation, reddit posts, programs, anything that will help me solve this mistery, I'm loosing sleep over this.

sorry for the long post, and also sorry for any spelling mistakes, please correct my english if i did something wrong as it's not my first language.

Thanks in advance

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Keyboard shortcut to open the calculator

Hello,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.



I request you to try the below steps:

• Type "Calculator" in start menu.
• Click on Calculator and drag it to desktop.
• Right click on it and select Properties.
• Now go to Shortcut tab and add a shortcut.
• Click on OK.

You may also refer the following article for keyboard shortcuts:

Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts in Windows

I hope this helps you. If you have any further queries, feel free to contact us. We will be happy to help you.



Thank you.

 

Calculator keyboard shortcuts don't work in Windows 10!

Hi,

To assist you better regarding your concern, we suggest that you follow the steps provided by RPG 17A on June 15, 2016. Once you have the calculator on the desktop, follow these steps to create a shortcut key:

• Click on Shortcut tab.
• In line with Shortcut key, press any letter that you desire to use for shortcut.
• Once done, you can try the keys that you have created for the Calculator shortcut.

Let us know how it goes.

 

calculator shortcut key

Hi Judy,

Click your Start Button, then just type calculator

In the resulting list, right click the Calculator App and choose 'Pint to Start'

Then simply drag the new tile from your Start Menu onto your Desktop to create a Desktop Shortcut

You can then if you wish delete that new tile on your Start Menu for the Calculator

That's It!