Windows

With recent updates of Windows, the calculator has been blessed with a new feature: showing graphs in the calculator.

However, with Windows 10 Home Edition, this option is greyed out by default.  But there's a way to activate it and this section describes how to do this.

• Open the register editor

• Search for the section HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

• See if there's a subsection Calculator in there.  In my case, there wasn't so I had to create one:

  • Right-click on the Policies folder and select New -> Key: add Calculator as name

• If there is already a Calculator subdirectory present, check if there's an item called AllowGraphingCalculator.  

  • If there is, change the value of this item to 1

  • If there isn't, you have to create it:

    • Right-click on the item Calculator and then select New -> DWORD (32 bit) Value

    • Give it the name AllowGraphingCalculator

    • Double-click on the item and give it the value 1

If you now (re)open the calculator, the Graphing feature should be selectable and you can start using it.

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