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Windows 11 Calculator Not Working? 4 Ways to Fix it
You’ll need the help of PowerShell to fix this Windows 11 native app
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
updated onOctober 4, 2023
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The Calculator app on Windows 11 is one of the most basic and important pieces of software you can possibly have. As you can imagine, losing the ability to use the Calculator is pretty frustrating.
A faulty app either won’t open or immediately crashes, but there arefixes that you can apply since they worked on Windows 10as well. You may certainlytry the troubleshooter, but it won’t solve every problem. Sometimes, it requires a finer touch.
Why isn’t the Calculator app working?
Unfortunately, native Windows 11 apps are known to suddenly stop working. It’s much better compared to the launch version of the OS, but these issues still exist. There are a few reasons for this:
How do I fix the Calculator app on Windows 11?
Before we go into the more complex solutions, we think it’s important to point out some of the easier ones you can quickly do. The majority of the time, these will fix the Calculator app:
1. Re-register the Calculator app
2. Reinstall Calculator via PowerShell
3. Reset the Calculator app
Note that this will delete the Calculator’s data fixing any problems it may have.
4. Fix the calculator registry
A lot of the time, people upgrade from Windows 11 native apps to something that can do more and Calculator is no different. The Microsoft Store is home to tons of different versions of the Calculator app.
One of them, which we highly recommend, is theSuper Calculatorwhich has the ability to generate factorials of large numbers and you can use radians for trigonometry.
If you need something more specific, we recommend checking out our guide on thebest accounting software. These will help you create important financial reports for your small business.
Entries in that list include TurboTax to simplify tax returns and Wave to help you with invoicing and payment processing.
Feel free to comment below if you have any questions about any native apps. Also, leave comments about what reviews you’d like to see or information on other Windows 11 software.
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Cesar Cadenas
Networking & Security Specialist
Cesar has been writing for and about technology going on for 6 years when he first started writing tech articles for his university paper. Since then, his passion for technology blossomed into a prosperous writing career. He first started writing about tech in the entertainment world and would later move on to write about smart life tech and social media. He was recently a Technical Writer for tech company Extron where he wrote user guides for audio and video equipment.
He has since moved on to being a freelance writer looking to have a career in copywriting and hopes to share his love and knowledge of technology with the world. Recently, Cesar has written for the cryptocurrency news site, BTCPro and helping people understand tech.
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Cesar Cadenas
Networking & Security Specialist
Cesar is a tech expert passionate about Windows, Microsoft, and anything surrounding the world of PCs.
