Windows 10: How to locate an EXE file that I have just installed?

BTW: this post relates to an earlier post of today. I'm creating a new post, because (a) I don't want to hijack my own post, and (b) I don't want to hide possibly useful info inside the wrong title. The older post is here. I'll need to go back and edit the older post after I clear up the mess with this post. Sorry about that:

Where is old Windows scientific calculator? - Windows 10 Forums

During the installation, the installer did not ask for a target location. (I verified that by trying to install again - but the installer warned that the program had already been installed.)

During install, I was told that the output folder would be:C:\Users\<username>\App Data\Local\Temp

The problem is that I can't find the installed file, in order to run it

The original EXE filename was "OldCalcWin10". Before installing, I renamed this using a hierarchical naming method, with the highest object at the start, and the minor object at the end: "Win10CalcOld". I'm not a techie, so I don't know if renaming the EXE screws things up.

Here's how I tried to locate the installed file:

- Look in Desktop folder, sorted by date
- Look in Start > Programs
- Look in Program Files, sorted by date
- Look in Program Files (x86), sorted by date
- Look in Control Panel > Programs and Features


I can find it in Control Panel as "Old Calculator for Windows 10". But, of course, there's no install location.Thanks.

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Mine appears here:
C:\Windows\System32\calc1.exe

 

See if this software can help you find a file.
Once you find the file you can then trace it backward.
It will index every file on the computer.

Download and install Everything:
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The software can be configured to launch on boot or whenever you need it.
As you type a character there will be instantaneous search results.
The more characters you type the narrower the search results.

This should enable you to find any file on any of the drives attached to the computer.

 

One issue that could cause a search not to find the file is that the C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp location is normally a hidden location, (to protect against accidental changes), so AppData and it's contents will not show in a search. If you set the File - View to Show Hidden it may help

 

Hi Barman58,
The explorer search has a view setting to search for hidden files and it can take a while to search.
In contrast Everything does not discriminate and finds everything.
If found the ApppData





These are the default settings:

 

Thanks for the response.

Your link gives the old Windows calculator I want to use - which of course is not the calculator that I installed earlier today. I looked in SYSTEM32, but it wasn't there.

So, unfortunately, if anyone is looking for help according to the title of the post, they won't find it here :-(

I don't think a post title can be edited..

 

If you wish to change / combine or rename threads for your ease of use let me know and I'll sort it for you *Wink

 

Rather than spend more time locating the file, this is a Zip file directly from the Winaero site

oldcalcwin10.zip

Download from here to your desktop or another easily found location double click the file to open the ZIP and drag the .Exe file to a suitable location (system32?), and create a shortcut to the exe ( this may be located anywhere you wish including the Start menu by copying to the correct folder

 

I respectfully suggest that you might be treating the zipped EXE file as if it were a file that does not actually need to be installed. Double-clicking such a file causes the prog to be launched immediately. An example of a non-installable EXE file would be some of the SysInternal files, such as ProcMon and Autoruns.

The file that you quoted, oldcalcwin10.zip, is the same file as in my other post. Double-clicking on that file launches an install dialog. At no time does the calculator itself appear. To launch the calculator, I needed to click on SYSTEM32\calc1.exe

Summarizing:

- Double-clicking an installable EXE file launches the installer.
- Double-clicking a non-installable EXE file launches the program itself.

Note that I have already created a shortcut to calc1.exe on my desktop. "If it works, don't break it!" Therefore, no other helpful suggestions are needed

Thanks to all the generous volunteers for their responses.
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Double clicking on the zip file here opens the zip file which contains a single file Old Calculator for Windows 10.exe which is the installer.

This installs the file Calc1.exe to this location C:\Windows\System32\

The temp location is a Red herring in that it is used only to create the exe in the right location *Redface

If you create a shortcut to C:\Windows\System32\ Calc1.exe this should invoke the old calculator

 

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FindEveryFile is the most amazing program for a Windows tool. It reminds me of the old Unix tools with dozens of options and flags.


I was using Agent Ransack long before the search box at lower left of Windows was introduced. AR has many search expressions, including regex, boolean, and text within files. AFAIK, none of these are available with the Windows search.

But, at a quick glance, FindEveryFile has even more search expressions than AR

FEF easily wins the speed comparison versus AR. With a search option of *.*, FEF found 240,000 files in 7 seconds (I have one of those posh SSD things).

AR took about 20 seconds. To be fair, I've never used *.* with AR, but it has always seemed adequately fast to me.

Thanks for that great recommendation
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You are Welcome.
It's night and day compared to file explorer search.