To switch Always On Top off again, just hit the same key combo while you’re in Calculator. Now, you can open other apps and work in those, but Calculator will stay on top. Press the shortcut keys – WINDOWS, CONTROL and T – while Calculator is active and you’ll see a thick coloured border around it. Let’s open CALCULATOR and have a look at how Always On Top works. If you don’t like that key combo, just click the PENCIL to change it.

To activate Always On Top, the default key combination is WINDOWS or START, CONTROL and T together. You’ll see that it’s already enabled for us right here. Like if you’re using the calculator to crunch numbers from a different window. This one is great for keeping one window on top of all the other ones. This is where you go to activate and configure each toy. There’s nothing much to do here, except to make sure RUN AT STARTUP is switched ON.ĭown the left-hand column, you’ll see each of the different toys. Opening up PowerToys, we start in the GENERAL settings menu. Let’s have a look inside! General settings If it’s not there, you can always just search for it. Once PowerToys has installed itself, it’ll be in the START MENU, right at the top, as a recently installed app.

If you don’t have PowerToys installed, just launch the MICROSOFT STORE, search POWERTOYS in the search bar, and hit the INSTALL button.

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