http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370264.aspxHere’s an odd little one you might not have noticed. The Windows Calculator applet remembers whether it was last displayed in “Standard” or “Scientific” view, and whether digit grouping was selected, and restores those settings the next time you use it.en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370264.aspx#381274Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:57:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:381274Stefan KanthakHmm... <br>There is already an (apparently unused) entry for &quot;MS CharMap&quot; in Windows 2000 and XP. Will this be removed? <br>Other &quot;applets&quot; installed with Windows have their entries below HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\. Shouldn't this be the place for SciCalc and CharMap`too?http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370264.aspx#383285Wed, 02 Mar 2005 06:23:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:383285Geek Noisehttp://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370264.aspx#386382Mon, 07 Mar 2005 08:17:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:386382Aaron MargosisNo idea about whether the apparently unused entry will be removed. As far as whether HKCU\...\Applets\ would be the proper place for SciCalc and CharMap - my guess is simply that these applets go back to Windows 3.0 and probably earlier, when win.ini was where the settings were stored. It was *probably* considered not worth the risk/effort to touch that portion of the code for those and many other apps/applets, particularly when the IniFileMapping mechanism was available.http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370264.aspx#406921Sun, 10 Apr 2005 19:58:18 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:406921tonysoIf you have not read&amp;amp;nbsp;Jen's article on LUA, you should be asking yourself why not? <br> <br>This article...http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370264.aspx#409478Tue, 19 Apr 2005 03:22:44 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:409478Aaron Margosis' WebLogComplete list of Aaron Margosis' non-admin / least privilege posts, for easy lookup.http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370264.aspx#427787Fri, 10 Jun 2005 19:12:46 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:427787tonysoGet your friends and family, all those folks that come to you for computer help once their machines have...http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370264.aspx#475678Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:04:44 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:475678GoogieThanks for tip dude... <br>very helpful <br> <br>Wish I had admin privileges on my comp :(http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370264.aspx#525037Sun, 05 Feb 2006 07:09:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:525037MitchellDoes anybody know where i can download the microsoft character map and calculator from? mine are missing.http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370264.aspx#525040Sun, 05 Feb 2006 07:24:34 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:525040Aaron MargosisMitchell: they aren't downloadable - they are part of the OS. I don't think you can even not install them or uninstall them using the Add/Remove Programs UI (you can probably choose not to install them if you use a customized unattended installation script). Are the Start menu shortcuts missing, or the actual executables? You should find both charmap.exe and calc.exe in %windir%\system32. Character Map is in the Accessories \ System Tools submenu of the Start menu; Calculator should be in Accessories. <br/> <br/>HTHhttp://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370264.aspx#533079Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:49:48 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:533079Aaron Margosis' WebLogA systematic approach for working around LUA bugs that avoids unnecessary exposurehttp://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370264.aspx#550828Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:55:29 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:550828TylerUhhh yea mine are missing too. I think it might of happened when I uninstalled the IE 7 program. I found the new calculator software luckily but not the char map.http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370264.aspx#587449Mon, 01 May 2006 13:13:56 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:587449MikeAaron, you can remove the calculator and other 'built-in' apps from the add/remove programs ui quite easily. <br> <br>Have a look at <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1261/">http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1261/</a> for more info.http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/02/09/370264.aspx#3011296Thu, 31 May 2007 21:16:49 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3011296Pete<p>Any chance MS could create a Help &amp; Support article for this article as it always takes me half an hour to find it every time I run in to the problem again.</p>